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Women in SFT

By Rachel CordascoApril 10, 2019spotlightFantasy Cafe

I recently wrote a guest post for Fantasy Cafe all about women who write and translate contemporary international SF- check it out!

Out This Month: April

By Rachel CordascoApril 4, 2019out this monthAndy Dudak, Argentina, Belgium, Chen Qiufan, China, Chinese, Christian Guay-Poliquin, Clarkesworld Magazine, David Bowles, David Homel, Florin Purluca, Francisco Ortega, French, Gord Sellar, Ha Seong-nan, Janet Hong, Jean Ray, Jihyun Park, Julia Sherwood, Ken Liu, Korea, Korean, Lawrence Schimel, Nian Yu, Open Letter Books, Parthian Books, Peter Sherwood, Pola Oloixarac, Quebec, Raquel Castro, Romania, Romanian, Roy Kesey, Scott Nicolay, Slovakia, Slovakian, Soho Press, Soyeon Jeong, Spanish, Talonbooks, The Dark Magazine, Tor Books, Uršuľa Kovalyk, Wakefield Press

SHORT STORIES “The Flowering” by Soyeon Jeong, translated from the Korean by Jihyun Park and Gord Sellar, Clarkesworld Magazine, April 1. “In Search of Your Memories,” by Nian Yu, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak, Clarkesworld Magazine, April 1. “The Last Journey” by Florin Purluca, translated from the Romanian by the

Flash Fiction From Around the World: “The Last Journey”

By Rachel CordascoApril 4, 2019Flash Fictionflash fiction, Florin Purluca, Romania, Romanian

This is the seventeenth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. The series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Florin Purluca is a Romanian writer, living in Focșani, Romania. He has a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and works in a psychiatric hospital in

2019 SFT on the Web

By Rachel CordascoApril 3, 2019SFT on the Web

A Week in Future Wales (entire novel) by Islwyn Ffowc Elis, translated from the Welsh by Stephen Morris (Futuredotwales). “Initiation” by Iliana Vargas, translated from the Spanish (Coffin Bell). “Survivor” by Malena Salazar Maciá, translated from the Spanish (Coffin Bell). JANUARY “Mars Child” by Kim Seong Joong, translated from the Korean by Victoria Caudle

Reviews of Short Fiction: March Edition

By Rachel CordascoMarch 28, 2019reviewAsimov's, China, Chinese, Clara Ng, Clelia Farris, Future Science Fiction Digest, H. Pueyo, Indonesia, Indonesian, Italian, Italy, Max Hrabrov, Nathan Faries, Portuguese, Rachel Cordasco, Russia, Russian, Samovar Magazine, Svyatoslav Loginov, Toni Pollard, Wanxiang Fengnian, Words Without Borders, World Literature Today, Zhao Haihong

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.

Review: Mortal Engines by Stanislaw Lem

By Rachel CordascoMarch 25, 2019reviewMariner Books, Michael Kandel, Poland, Polish, Seabury Press, Stanislaw Lem

translated by Michael Kandel original publication: Seabury Press, 1977 my edition: Mariner Books, 1992 239 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem Brought together into one volume by translator Michael Kandel, these “robot fables” are not really stories so much as cautionary allegories or references to fairy tales, only now the main characters aren’t princesses and ogres but

Reviews of Short Fiction: February Edition

By Rachel CordascoMarch 20, 2019reviewAlberto Chimal, Anderson Fonseca, Andy Dudak, Bewildering Stories, China, Clarkesworld Magazine, David Bowles, Idle Ink, Japan, Japanese, Mexico, Portuguese, Sou Saito, Spanish, Suo Hefu, The Dark Magazine, Toshiya Kamei

Favorite SFT From 2018 Poll Results

By Rachel CordascoMarch 15, 2019newspoll

The first “Favorite SFT Poll” was a big success- 277 people voted for their favorite short stories, novels, anthologies & collections, translators, and publishers from 2018! Thanks so much to everyone who participated. Let’s do it again next year! Listed below are the top three favorites in each category. The winner is in bold,

Out This Month: March

By Rachel CordascoMarch 3, 2019out this monthAsimov's, Asja Bakić, Bosnia, China, Chinese, Clelia Farris, Croatian, Feminist Press, Future Science Fiction Digest, India, Italian, Italy, Jennifer Zoble, Max Hrabrov, Nathan Faries, Penguin India, Rachel Cordasco, Russia, Russian, Svyatoslav Loginov, Telugu, Velcheru Narayana Rao, Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Wanxiang Fengnian, World Literature Today, Zhao Haihong

SHORT STORIES “The Starry Sky over the Southern Isle” by Zhao Haihong, translated from the Chinese by the author (Asimov’s, March/April issue). “Meteors” by Clara Ng, translated from the Indonesian by Toni Pollard, Words Without Borders, March. “The Lord of Rivers” by Wanxiang Fengnian, translated from the

Liu Cixin in Science Fiction Studies

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 24, 2019newsChina, Chinese, Cixin Liu, Science Fiction Studies

The latest issue of Science Fiction Studies includes a special section on Liu Cixin and science fiction in China– check it out! “China Turns Outward: On the Literary Significance of Liu Cixin’s Science Fiction” by Li Guangyi and Nathaniel Isaacson “Liu Cixin’s THREE-BODY TRILOGY and the Status of Science Fiction in Contemporary