Gollancz announced earlier this year that they have acquired the rights to a new Icelandic fantasy duology by debut author Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson called Shadows of the Short Days. Look for it in 2019: “Gollancz is delighted to announce the acquisition of a brilliant, genre-defining fantasy duology by (and translated by) debut author Alexander Dan
Episode 2 of the SF in Translation podcast is up! Give it a listen. You can find a list of every episode here.
Two works of SFT have been included in the Man Booker International Prize 2018 longlist: László Krasznahorkai (Hungary), John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet & George Szirtes, The World Goes On (Tuskar Rock Press) Ahmed Saadawi (Iraq), Jonathan Wright, Frankenstein in Baghdad (Oneworld)
On Culture.pl.: “Stanislaw Lem: Did the Holocaust Shape His Sci-Fi World?” by Mikołaj Gliński
“Excursions into Almost-Human Territory” by Karin Tidbeck, Tor.com
An article about the Three-Body Trilogy in China Daily USA
Coming this week! The first episode of the “SF in Translation” podcast, hosted by the Skiffy and Fanty network! Each month, you’ll be able to put ALL the SFT news and info into your ears, and even hear from some translators, authors, editors, and more. (Bear with me as I get my sea-legs here,
Here is a list of the SF in translation eligible for the 2018 Hugo Awards. You know what to do 🙂 Best Novel Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (Riverhead Books, January 10) [Argentina] The Mountains of Parnassus by Czeslaw Milosz, translated from the Polish
Here are some of the articles about SF in translation featured in the New York Review of Science Fiction during the last few months: Brian Stableford: Locating the Future in the Past 2: X.B. Saintine’s Account of an Antediluvian Civilization Michael Swanwick: A Few Words with Sergei Lukyanenko Brian Stableford: The Fantastic Fiction of
Apex Publications recently announced a new Apex Book of World SF, expected out next year. This fifth volume will be edited by Cristina Jurado, editor of SuperSonic and Apex Magazine’s international fiction editor. Can’t wait!!!
