Review: The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei
Out This Month: December
SHORT STORIES “Other Stories” by Wang Yuan, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, December 1) “A Mountain of Dust” by Wanxiang Fengnian, translated from the Chinese by Judith Huang (FSFD, December 15) REVIEWS Rachel Cordasco reviewed The Membranes on Strange Horizons
Review: The Deep Sea Diver’s Syndrome by Serge Brussolo
translated by Edward Gauvin Melville House Books January 19, 2016 220 pages grab a copy here or or through your local independent bookstore or library Dredging up ectoplasmic objects from your dreams to sell to art connoisseurs may seem sexy and glamorous, but for David Sarella, it’s grueling work. Like his mother, David has this
Out This Month: November
SHORT STORIES “Lajos and his Bees” by K.A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December) “City of Eternity” by Pan Haitian, translated from the Chinese by Carmen Yiling Yan (Clarkesworld, November 1) ANTHOLOGIES Sinopticon: New Chinese Science
Review: The Ark Sakura by Kōbō Abe
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter first English translation: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988 my version: Penguin Classics Science Fiction, 2020 384 pages grab a copy here or or through your local independent bookstore or library I’ve read much about the great Japanese speculative author Kōbō Abe, but I hadn’t read anything by him. Thanks to Penguin
“Another Place”: a new story by Clelia Farris
Clelia Farris’s story “Another Place,” translated from the Italian by yours truly, is now up at Samovar Magazine. It is a haunting tale of love, loneliness, and energy. Enjoy!
Out This Month: October
SHORT STORIES “Legend of the Giant” by Fei Dao, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Clarkesworld, October 1) COLLECTIONS Everything Good Dies Here: Tales from the Linker Universe and Beyond by Djuna, translated from the Korean by Adrian Thieret (Kaya Press, October 26) The stories brought together in this collection
