Publisher Spotlight: Haikasoru
Editor: Nick Mamatas Publisher of Japanese space opera, dark fantasy, and hard science fiction Reviews on this site:
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REVIEW: The Old Axolotl: Hardware Dreams by Jacek Dukaj
translated from the Polish by Stanley Bill Allegro March 16, 2015 160 pages This isn’t your grandfather’s reading experience, and that’s the point. Jacek Dukaj, Poland’s most famous living sci-fi writer, has created a multi-dimensional text that explores what it means to be a human versus a machine with a human consciousness. The Old Axolotl
On Europa SF: An Interview with Polish Writer Jacek Dukaj by Cristian Tamas
http://scifiportal.eu/a-dialogue-with-the-polish-writer-jacek-dukaj-by-cristian-tamas/
REVIEW: Super Extra Grande by Yoss
translated by David Frye Restless Books June 7, 2016 160 pages Thanks to Restless Books and translator David Frye, we have yet another Yoss novel out of Cuba to brighten our year. Remember my review last year of A Planet for Rent? Well, Super Extra Grande brings all of the sardonic humor, unconventional characters, and
REVIEW: The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
translated by Josh Billings Melville House March 17, 2015 256 pages Before I write anything else, I must first confess that I had never before read a Strugatsky novel. No Roadside Picnic, no Hard to be a God, nothing. My efforts to read as much contemporary and newly-released sci-fi in translation as I possibly can,
REVIEW: Dendera by Yuya Sato
translated by Edwin Hawkes & Nathan A. Collins Haikasoru February 17, 2015 400 pages grab a copy here or from your local independent bookstore or library Yuya Sato is precisely why you should read speculative fiction in translation. After all, if you were just roaming around a Barnes & Noble, or even many indie
NEWS: 400- Year-Old SF Novel to be Published by Small Beer Press This Fall
This, my friends, is the ULTIMATE work of speculative fiction in translation. Small Beer to Publish 400-Year-Old SF Novel
REVIEW: Castles in Spain: 25 Years of Spanish Fantasy and Science Fiction, edited by Mariano Villarreal
head of translation team: Sue Burke Sportula April 19, 2016 350 pages If you’ve been living your life thinking that you’ve already read some of the best speculative fiction out there, but you haven’t read any of the stories in this collection, then you’re just plain wrong. The stories in Castles in Spain are not
INTERVIEW: Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Award-winning Dutch novelist Thomas Olde Heuvelt is the author of five novels and many short stories. His work has been translated into several languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and French. In 2015, his story, “The Day the World Turned Upside Down” won a Hugo Award. Two more of his stories have been nominated for
REVIEW: Memory by Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría
translated by Lawrence Schimel Upper Rubber Boot Books July 27, 2015 46 pages There are so many reasons why I love this novelette, but the main one is that Argentine author Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría subverts expectations so gracefully and expertly (and this comes through clearly in Lawrence Schimel’s translation from the Spanish). Originally
