Tag Archives: Russian

Out This Month: July

SHORT STORIES “I’m Feeling Lucky” by Leonid Kaganov, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Clarkesworld, July 1)         COLLECTIONS Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur (Honford Star, July ?) Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring the

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Out This Month: June

SHORT STORIES “Embracing the Movement” by Cristina Jurado, translated from the Spanish by Sue Burke (Clarkesworld, June 1) “Face Changing” by Jiang Bo, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, June 1)       “The Chartreuse Sky” by K.A. Teryna and Alexander Bachilo, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Asimov’s, May/June)  

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Out This Month: February

SHORT STORIES   “Terra Rasa” by Anastasia Bookreyeva, translated from the Russian by Ray Nayler (Clarkesworld, February 1).         “There Was No Adderall in the Soviet Union,” by Olga Breininger, translated from the Russian by Hilah Kohen (Words Without Borders, February).           “Imilla” by Vania T. Curtidor, translated

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Review: Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

translated from the (uncensored) Russian by Olena Bormashenko (censored version originally translated into English by Antonina L. Bouis, 1977) Chicago Review Press May 1, 2012 224 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore The great thing about Strugatsky novels is that they’re all brilliant in their own unique ways. The Dead

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Out This Month: September

SHORT STORIES “No One Ever Leaves Port Henri” by K. A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Galaxy’s Edge, September 1).           “The Book Reader” by Keishi Kajifune, translated from the Japanese by Toshiya Kamei (Clarkesworld, September 1).           “Casualties of the Quake” by Wang

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Penguin Science Fiction Series

The new Penguin Science Fiction Series (which highlights classics of the genre) includes several works of SF in Translation: check it out here.     Trafalgar by Angélica Gorodischer, translated from the Spanish (Argentina) by Amalia Gladhart (6/8/2020)           We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, translated from the Russian by Clarence Brown (6/8/2020)

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Out This Month: August

SHORT STORIES “The Plague” by Yan Leisheng, translated by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, August 1).             NOVELS Lame Fate/Ugly Swans by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated from the Russian by Maya Vinokour (Chicago Review Press, August 4).           Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated from the

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Review: The Inhabited Island by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

[originally translated from the Russian in 1977 as Prisoners of Power; this new translation is of the uncensored version] translated by Andrew Bromfield Chicago Review Press February 4, 2020 416 pages grab a copy This novel from the Strugatskys’ Noon Universe is not just about a space traveler from Earth crash landing on an alien

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Out This Month: April

SHORT STORIES “Debtless” by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 1).               “The Green Hills of Dimitry Totzkiy” by Eldar Safin, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Samovar, April).           NOVELS Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated from the

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Out This Month: March

SHORT STORIES “The Task Lamp” by Bruce Sterling, translated from the Italian by the author (Medium, March 16).             “Vik From Planet Earth” by Yevgeny Lukin, translated from the Russian by Mike Olivson (Future Science Fiction Digest, March).             NOVELS Girls Lost by Jessica Schiefauer,

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