translated from the Polish by Marc E. Heine originally published in Poland: 1959 my edition: Harcourt (September 1, 1989) 262 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem ** spoilers Reading Eden right after The Star Diaries gave me a kind of literary whiplash: while the former is an irreverent, darkly-comic joyride around the universe; the latter is a
translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel originally published in Poland: 1957; expanded 1971 my edition: Harcourt (June 26, 1985) 286 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem As you know, I’ve set myself the very enjoyable task of reading all of Stanislaw Lem’s speculative fiction that’s available in English. And since I love doing things chronologically, I’ve
Congratulations to Amalia Gladhart, Maruxa Relaño, and Anna Guercio Rosenwong for winning NEA Translation Fellowship grants to translate works of international speculative fiction! To Amalia Gladhart: “To support the translation from the Spanish of the novel Jaguars’ Tomb by Argentine writer Angélica Gorodischer. …Published in 2005, Jaguars’ Tomb is a 218-page novel of three
Check out the new page on Stanislaw Lem and follow along as I read my way through every single one of his translated works!
Spanish SF in the 21st Century Mariano Villarreal translated by Ian Watson 1. A Brief Historical Sketch Spanish SF, Fantasy and Horror are almost unknown outside of Spain. To be sure, Spanish works are published in Latin American countries (and vice versa) since we speak the same language and share cultural references, and books get
When I heard that the 2017 World Fantasy Award winners had been announced, I excitedly glanced through the list, only to be disappointed when I found absolutely no authors who write in a language other than English. Then I became curious and combed through the past World Fantasy Awards, and found that, throughout its history,
translated from the Swedish by the author Vintage Books June 27, 2017 224 pages *some spoilers* A lot has been written about Amatka– a strange, compelling, and truly fascinating novel- so I won’t rehash the plot and characters here. Instead, I’ll write about what I found most intriguing and why. Deal? Deal.
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: I found this interview with Yuya Sato from 2015 “So You Want to Read Japanese Horror: Here’s Where to Start” via Unbound Worlds SF Crossing the Gulf is coming back: a podcast about international sf A review of A Small Charred Face on Intellectus Speculativus My review
Spanish science fiction is almost unknown outside Spain and its impact abroad is much below what it truly merits. Few are the works that make waves, the most outstanding being the “Victorian Trilogy” of Félix J. Palma, whose first novel, The Map of Time, reached the New York Times best-seller list. Other noteworthy titles are
I wrote some things about SFT that all happened to come out this past Monday- check ’em: Speculative Fiction in Translation: Argentina, via Book Riot Review: The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, Vol.3, via Strange Horizons Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2017
