Did you know that some of the most well-known Anglophone speculative fiction authors have also translated SF into English ? I know! So cool! The Overlords of War by Gérard Klein, translated from the French by John Brunner (Doubleday and Company, 1973). Stellar Crusade (part of Cosmic Crusaders, which
I recently wrote a guest post for Fantasy Cafe all about women who write and translate contemporary international SF- check it out!
I wrote about horror in translation for World Literature Today‘s “What to Read Now” feature: check it out! –
Science Fiction Studies regularly runs special issues focused on SF from non-Anglophone countries, featuring scholarly essays and comprehensive bibliographies: #40: Stanislaw Lem #49: Science Fiction in France #57: Special Section: Stanislaw Lem #79: On Global Science Fiction – Part I #80: On Global Science Fiction – Part II #88: Japanese Science Fiction #94:
The latest issue of World Literature Today includes several reviews of recently-published and forthcoming SF in translation: Sean Guynes-Vishniac reviews Ball Lightning Elisa Cogbill-Seiders reviews Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World Rachel Cordasco reviews Zion’s Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli
