August 2019 – Speculative Fiction in Translation

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

Reviews of Short Fiction: June Edition

By Rachel CordascoAugust 9, 2019reviewAlex Shvartsman, Ali Snaidi, Arabic, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Chen Qiufan, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Elena Pavlova, Emily Jin, Fumiki Takahashi, Future Science Fiction Digest, Gord Sellar, Houyem Ferchichi, Italian, Italy, Japan, Japanese, Jihyun Park, K. A Teryna, Kalin M. Nenov, Korea, Korean, Lee Jong San, Lü Momo, Massimo Soumaré, Myung-hoon Bae, Nathan Faries, Oleg Divov, Portuguese, Russia, Russian, Samovar Magazine, Slate Future Tense Fiction, Swylmar dos Santos Ferreira, Teleport Magazine, Toshiya Kamei, Victoria Caudle, Words Without Borders

Each month, Daniel Haeusser reviews short works of SFT that appear both online and in print. He is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Canisius College, where he teaches microbiology and leads student research projects with bacteria and bacteriophage. He’s also an associate blogger with the American Society for Microbiology’s popular Small Things Considered.

Daniel’s Reviews: Mars by Asja Bakić

By Rachel CordascoAugust 6, 2019Daniel's Reviews, reviewAsja Bakić, Croatian, Daniel Haeusser, Jennifer Zoble, Serbia, The Feminist Press

The Aayakudi Murders by Indra Soundar Rajan

By Rachel CordascoAugust 4, 2019UncategorizedBlaft Publications, Indra Soundar Rajan, Nirmal Rajagopalan, Tamil

translated from the Tamil by Nirmal Rajagopalan Blaft Publications July 7, 2019 241 pages grab a copy The Aayakudi Murders is the latest work of Tamil SFT from Blaft Publications, which previously gave us three volumes of The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction. Aayakudi is a short and fast-paced supernatural thriller that, on the

Out This Month: August

By Rachel CordascoAugust 4, 2019out this monthAngry Robot Books, Chen Qiufan, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Daniela Zamir, Djuna, German, Germany, Harvill Secker, Hebrew, Israel, Japan, Japanese, Keren Landsman, Korea, Korean, Markus Heitz, Orbit, Rebecca Kuang, Sophie Bowman, Sorcha McDonagh, Stephen Snyder, Yoko Ogawa

SHORT STORIES “In This Moment, We Are Happy” by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Rebecca Kuang (Clarkesworld Magazine, August 1). “The Second Nanny” by Djuna, translated from the Korean by Sophie Bowman (Clarkesworld Magazine, August 1). NOVELS The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Stephen

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