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Out This Month: October

By Rachel CordascoOctober 6, 2017out this monthChina, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Davide Camparsi, Emily Jin, Italian, Italy, Ken Liu, Michael Colbert, The Dark Magazine, Xia Jia

“The Psychology Game” by Xia Jia, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin and Ken Liu (Clarkesworld, October 1) “The Weirdo” by Davide Camparsi, translated by Michael Colbert (The Dark Magazine, October)

Out This Month: September

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 4, 2017out this monthChina, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Gu Shi, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Jocelyne Allen, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Kazuki Sakuraba, Marlaine Delargy, S. Qiouyi Lu, Sweden, Swedish

“Möbius Continuum” by Gu Shi, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu (Clarkesworld Magazine, September 1) I Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist, translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy (riverrun, September 7) “A supernatural superthriller from the author of Let the Right One In. Molly wakes her mother

Out This Month: August

By Rachel CordascoAugust 2, 2017out this monthAsa Avdic, Carmen Boullosa, Chen Qiufan, China, Chinese, Cixin Liu, Clarkesworld Magazine, Deep Vellum, Joel Martinsen, Ken Liu, Mexico, Penguin, Rachel Willson-Boyles, Shelby Vincent, Spanish, Sweden, Swedish, Tor Books

“A Man Out of Fashion” by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Clarkesworld Magazine, August 1) The Dying Game by Asa Avdic, translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles (Penguin, August 1) “The year is 2037. The Soviet Union never fell, and much of Europe has been

Out This Month: July

By Rachel CordascoJuly 12, 2017out this monthAlex Kirstukas, Andrew Driver, Andy Dudak, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, France, French, Japan, Japanese, Jules Verne, Kurodahan Press, Wesleyan University Press, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Zhang Ran

“An Age of Ice” by Zhang Ran, translated by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, July 1) Bullseye! by Yasutaka Tsutsui, translated by Andrew Driver (Kurodahan Press, July 11) “A new collection of stories by Yasutaka Tsutsui, famed in Japan and worldwide for his darkly humorous, satirical handling of a vast range

Out This Month: June

By Rachel CordascoJune 2, 2017out this monthA. Que, Akashic Books, Carmen Boullosa, Charles De Wolf, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Dalkey Archive Press, Daniel Kehlmann, Deep Vellum, German, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Mexico, Pantheon, Randall A. Major, Ross Benjamin, Serbia, Serbian, Shelby Vincent, Spanish, Svetislav Basara, Tomoyuki Hoshino, Tyran Grillo, Yoshiki Tanaka

“An Account of the Sky Whales” by A Que, translated by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, June 1) Me by Tomoyuki Hoshino, translated by Charles De Wolf (Akashic Books, June 6) “In a brilliant probing of identity, and employing a highly original style that subverts standard narrative forms, Tomoyuki Hoshino elevates what

Out This Month: May

By Rachel CordascoMay 2, 20171 commentout this monthAkashic Books, Argentina, Bolivia, Carlos Maleno, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Czech, Czech Republic, Dalkey Archive Press, Eric Kurtzke, French, Haiti, Hanuš Seiner, Jessica Sequeira, Julie Nováková, Kaiama L. Glover, Liliana Colanzi, Open Letter Books, René Depestre, Rodrigo Fresán, S. Qiouyi Lu, Spain, Spanish, Tang Fei, Will Vanderhyden

“The Person Who Saw Cetus” by Tang Fei, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu (Clarkesworld Magazine, May 1). Hadriana in All My Dreams by René Depestre, translated from the French by Kaiama L. Glover (Akashic Books, May 2) “Hadriana in All My Dreams, winner of the prestigious Prix Renaudot,

An Interview with Chen Qiufan

By Rachel CordascoApril 7, 2017interview, newsChen Qiufan, China, Chinese

Over at the Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Center at the Ohio State University, Sun Mengtian interviewed acclaimed Chinese SF writer Chen Qiufan (Stanley Chan): check it out!

Out This Month: April

By Rachel CordascoApril 2, 2017out this monthAmazonCrossing, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Fei Dao, Ken Liu, Mariam Petrosyan, Russian, Yuri Machkasov

The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan, translated by Yuri Machkasov (Amazon Crossing, April 25) “Bound to wheelchairs and dependent on prosthetic limbs, the physically disabled students living in the House are overlooked by the Outsides. Not that it matters to anyone living in the House, a hulking old structure that its residents know is alive.

Samovar Magazine’s Inaugural Issue

By Rachel CordascoMarch 28, 2017newsAbdul wakil Sulamal, Annie Sheng, Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, Hebrew, James Caron, Japanese, Ko Hua Chen, Rachel Cordasco, Samovar Magazine, Suvi Kauppila, Taiyo Fujii, Timothy Silver

Samovar Magazine‘s inaugural issue is out now, featuring speculative fiction (translated from Finnish, Hebrew, and Arabic), poetry (translated from Chinese), and reviews! Check it out!!

Out This Month: March

By Rachel CordascoMarch 2, 2017out this monthAndrzej Sapkowski, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Danish, David French, Denmark, France, French, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Ken Liu, Louis Levy, New Directions, Orbit Books, Poland, Polish, Raymond Roussel, Rupert Copeland Cunningham, Taiyo Fujii, Timothy Silver, W. C. Bamberger, Wakefield Press, Xia Jia

The Lady of the Lake (Witcher Series #5) by Andrzej Sapkowski, translated by David French (Orbit, March 14) “After walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows while narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world… an Elven world. She is trapped with no way out. Time does not seem to

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