Category Archives: spotlight

Ladies of Horror Fiction & WIT Month

By Rachel CordascoAugust 25, 2019spotlighthorror, Ladies of Horror

The Ladies of Horror Fiction wrote a piece about Women in Translation Month and offered us a great list, which includes Mariana Enriquez, Jenny Erpenbeck, and Anna Starobinets. Check it out!

SFT from DAW

By Rachel CordascoAugust 9, 2019spotlightDAW, Dutch, France, French, German, Germany, Russia, Russian, The Netherlands

During the 1970s and 80s, DAW Books published 21 works of SFT, including novels, collections, and anthologies. Below are the striking covers with links to their respective Goodreads pages. Enjoy! from the Dutch from the French

Publisher Spotlight: Tor Books

By Rachel CordascoJuly 25, 2019spotlightTor Books

Tor Books has been publishing speculative fiction in translation for the past couple of decades. From Chinese to French SFT and everything in between, there’s a ton to love! from the Chinese from the Dutch

SF Authors as Translators

By Rachel CordascoJuly 8, 2019spotlightAngélica Gorodischer, Argentina, C. J. Cherryh, Daniel Walther, DAW, Doubleday, France, French, Full Spectrum 3, Gerard Klein, Italian, Italy, Joëlle Wintrebert, John Brunner, Kim Stanley Robinson, Nathalie Henneberg, Pierre Barbet, Renato Pestriniero, Small Beer Press, Spanish, Starshore, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin

Did you know that some of the most well-known Anglophone speculative fiction authors have also translated SF into English ? I know! So cool! John Brunner- translation from the French The Overlords of War by Gérard Klein (Doubleday and Company, 1973). Sue Burke- translations from the Spanish “Light

Women in SFT

By Rachel CordascoApril 10, 2019spotlightFantasy Cafe

I recently wrote a guest post for Fantasy Cafe all about women who write and translate contemporary international SF- check it out!