Check out the latest SFRA Review, which includes my regular column on the “SF in Translation Universe,” Mengtian Sun’s essay “Liu Cixin’s Alien Encounter SF as Postcolonial Fantasy,” Cait Coker’s review of Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction, and my review of Lingua Cosmica.
The latest issue of Samovar Magazine is out and includes Russian and Arabic SF in translation, as well as Francophone speculative poetry in translation. Check it out! “Morpheus” by K. A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman “The Spider’s Widow” by Houyem Ferchichi, translated from the Arabic by Ali Znaid “Exile” by
The SFT Panel This year’s Speculative Fiction in Translation panel at WisCon43 was a fantastic blend of insightful conversation, big ideas, and honest discussion about what it means to bring a speculative fiction text from one language into another. It was an honor for me to moderate this panel, which included the wonderful Arrate Hidalgo,
The Arthur C. Clarke Award has released its shortlist and it includes Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright, from Oneworld Publications.
In time for WisCon 43, here’s the SFT19-catalog!
I’m so excited to announce that Words Without Borders is featuring speculative microfiction from Italy in its May 2019 issue! Along with my introduction to Italian SF and SFT, it includes beautiful pieces by Francesco Verso, Emanuela Valentini, and Simonetta Olivo, all translated by Sarah Jane Webb. Enjoy!
Gabriela Damián Miravete has won the 2018 Tiptree Award for her short story “They Will Dream In the Garden,” translated by Adrian Demopulos and published online by Latin American Literature Today (May 2018). The Best Translated Book Award 2019 Fiction Longlist includes several works of SFT: Love in the New
The first “Favorite SFT Poll” was a big success- 277 people voted for their favorite short stories, novels, anthologies & collections, translators, and publishers from 2018! Thanks so much to everyone who participated. Let’s do it again next year! Listed below are the top three favorites in each category. The winner is in bold,
The latest issue of Science Fiction Studies includes a special section on Liu Cixin and science fiction in China– check it out! “China Turns Outward: On the Literary Significance of Liu Cixin’s Science Fiction” by Li Guangyi and Nathaniel Isaacson “Liu Cixin’s THREE-BODY TRILOGY and the Status of Science Fiction in Contemporary
Yesterday, Neil Clarke of Clarkesworld Magazine announced that the magazine has received a grant from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea to publish nine works of Korean science fiction in translation during 2019. Exciting times!!
