Special Arabic Issue of Strange Horizons
Check out Strange Horizons‘ special issue on “SFF from the Arab League Community and Diaspora”
Category Archives: spotlight
Special Issue on Spanish SF
Check out the special issue on Spanish SF in the latest issue of Science Fiction Studies here.
SFT and Scott Edelman’s “Eating the Fantastic”
Check out Scott Edelman’s podcast “Eating the Fantastic,” in which he shares a meal with writers and editors as they talk about science fiction, fantasy, horror, writing, comics, movies, fandom, and food. He’s recently spoken with speculative fiction writers from around the world, including Chen Quifan (Episode 49) and Johanna Sinisalo (Episode 48). Xia Jia
Clarkesworld’s SFT
Clarkesworld Magazine has published more sf in translation over the past several years than any other speculative fiction magazine in the U.S. The stories it features- many from China, some from other countries- are some of the best stories you’ll read, translated or otherwise. Many thanks to editor Neil Clarke and translators Ken Liu, S.
Spotlight: SFT on The Short Story Project Site
I’m probably late to the party here, but I’ve discovered this fantastic site- The Short Story Project– that brings together talented writers, translators, critics, and others from around the world to give readers some of the best contemporary and classic short fiction out there. “And is there any speculative fiction on this site?” you might
Spotlight: Gérard Klein
French science fiction writer Gérard Klein has four novels available in English (all initially translated in the 1970s). An economist by profession, Klein is also an editor, anthologist, and critic. Starmasters’ Gambit, translated by C. J. Richards (DAW, 1973) The Mote in Time’s Eye, translated by Damon Knight and C. J. Richards (Black Coat Press,
Spotlight: The Finnish-English Literary Translation Cooperative
Check out the Finnish-English Literary Translation Cooperative’s speculative fiction section, which includes summaries and review excerpts of several recent works of great SF in translation:
Resource For Japanese SFT
Contemporary Japanese Literature, run by Kathryn Hemmann is a fabulous resource, especially for all things Japanese SFT. Check it out! fantasy science fiction horror
Publisher Spotlight: Dalkey Archive Press
Dalkey Archive Press Director: John O’Brien Editor: Nathan Redman Dalkey Archive Press publishes fiction, poetry, and literary criticism, specializing in lesser known, often avant-garde works. This year, Dalkey Archive Press is bringing out five works of sf in translation from: Israel, Argentina, Bolivia, Spain, and Serbia!
SF To Be Translated
I’ve added a new page to this site that I’m calling “To Be Translated”: it’s a list of works of speculative fiction that have yet to be translated into English. Hopefully this list will lead to more translations! Let me know what I should add 🙂 https://www.sfintranslation.com/?page_id=1561
