Strange Horizons- SFT Reviews
The latest issue of Strange Horizons features two SFT reviews: my review of Francesco Verso’s Nexhuman and Kari Sperring’s review of Red Girls. Check ’em out!
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SFT in the latest issue of World Lit Today
The latest issue of World Literature Today focuses on “Dystopian Visions” and includes a lot of SF in Translation (reviews, interviews, and essays)! Review: Randiant Terminus by Antoine Volodine, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman Review: Iraq + 100: Stories From a Century After the Invasion edited by Hassan Blasim Review: The Doomed City and The
Upcoming Folio for SF in Translation by Women
Attention, editors and translators! Drunken Boat will publish a special folio edition dedicated to female speculative fiction writers in translation (stories should be by women and originally written in a language other than English; translators can be either men or women). This folio will come out August 15th, so story submissions are due by May
PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant- This Land That Is Like You by Tobie Nathan
Among the recipients of the 2017 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants this year is Joyce Zonana “for her translation of This Land That Is Like You by Tobie Nathan, a novel set in the Jewish quarter of Cairo in the early part of the twentieth century. Written in French by an Egyptian-born ethno-psychiatrist, diplomat, and writer,
Women in Horror Month: Weird Fiction Review
To mark the 8th annual Women in Horror Month, Weird Fiction Review just posted a list of some of their favorite horror stories by women published over the past few years. Included are several works of SF in translation! Leena Krohn – “Eyelids That Spatter Blood,” “The Trepanist,” and “The Bystander“ Khalida Asghar – “The
SF in Translation Collections at Eurocon 2016
Ahh if only I could have gone to Barcelona for Eurocon!! Oh well, I’ll just live vicariously through Cheryl Morgan 🙂 And yet, there are ways that those of us who can’t attend can still get in on the action: we can watch videos of the panels here and even read some new collections of
Ken Liu Featured in Newsweek
Check it out! “Meet the Man Bringing Chinese Science Fiction to the West” by Boyd Tonkin, October 30
Samovar: A New Imprint For Speculative Fiction in Translation
You may have read the recent Strange Horizons editorial in which editor Niall Harrison announces, as part of the magazine’s fund drive, the publication of Samovar, an imprint that will focus on sf in translation. Here’s the announcement: …we’re delighted to announce a partnership with the proposed Anglia Ruskin Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy
SF in Translation is Looking for Flash Fiction
Gather round, everybody! SF in Translation is looking to publish speculative flash fiction on this site, either in English translation or the original language in which it was written. If, for example, you’ve recently translated a piece of French speculative flash fiction and it needs a good home, please send me the original French text
Hugo Awards- “Folding Beijing” Wins Best Novelette
“Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (Uncanny Magazine, Jan‐Feb 2015) won “Best Novelette” at this year’s Hugo Awards. Congrats to Hao Jingfang and Ken!! (Check out my recent interview with Ken here.)
