The Best Translated Book Award longlists came out today, and there are FOUR SFT titles on the fiction list!! Radiant Terminus by Antoine Volodine, translated from the French by Jeffery Zuckerman (France, Open Letter) Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (Argentina, Riverhead)
Locus Magazine has included a list of SFT out in 2017 in its Features section- check it out!
The University of Illinois Press is bringing out an essay collection that explores the diverse voices of contemporary international science fiction: Lingua Cosmica: Science Fiction From Around the World, edited by Dale Knickerbocker (out June 2018).
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,
