Review: The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei
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Review: The Deep Sea Diver’s Syndrome by Serge Brussolo
translated by Edward Gauvin Melville House Books January 19, 2016 220 pages grab a copy here or or through your local independent bookstore or library Dredging up ectoplasmic objects from your dreams to sell to art connoisseurs may seem sexy and glamorous, but for David Sarella, it’s grueling work. Like his mother, David has this
Review: The Ark Sakura by Kōbō Abe
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter first English translation: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988 my version: Penguin Classics Science Fiction, 2020 384 pages grab a copy here or or through your local independent bookstore or library I’ve read much about the great Japanese speculative author Kōbō Abe, but I hadn’t read anything by him. Thanks to Penguin
Review: Fast Forward Japan by Juza Unno
translated by J. D. Wisgo Arigatai Books June 21, 2021 162 pages grab a copy here or or through your local independent bookstore or library Read more about Juza Unno and the translation of these stories here. “Four Dimensional Man”“The World in One Thousand Years”“The Theory of Planetary Colonization”“Mysterious Spatial Rift”“The Living Intestine”“The Last Broadcast”“Adventures
Review: Futurespotting by Francesco Verso
various translators Future Fiction March 21, 2021 194 pages grab a copy “Fernando Morales, This is Your Death!” tr. Sally McCorry“Midsummer Future,” tr. Sally McCorry“Italianskij Tikaj Tikaj,” tr. Tom Crosshill“90 Cents,” tr. Sally McCorry“Flush,” tr. Georgia Emma Gili“The Green Ship,” tr. Michael Colbert“Celestial Formatting,” tr. Georgia Emma Gili“The Assassin’s Level,” tr. Sally McCorry“Awakenings,” tr. Sarah
Review: Nova Hellas: Stories from Future Greece
edited by Francesca T. Barbini and Francesco Verso Luna Press Publishing March 30, 2021 164 pages grab a copy here or or through your local independent bookstore or library * all stories originally written in Greek were translated by Dimitra Nikolaidou and Vaya Pseftaki, except for the last story, which was translated by Stephanie Polakis
Review: ФантАstika: Almanac of Bulgarian Speculative Fiction
various translators Human Library Foundation Introduction by Kalin M. Nenov 2020 510 pages grad a copy here Read more about this remarkable anthology of Bulgarian speculative stories and art here. The blurb: “ФантАstika: Almanac of Bulgarian Speculative Fiction collects short fiction and novel excerpts originally written between 1978 and 2020 by twenty-four Bulgarian authors. Most
