“Three Cases from the Cosmic Psychiatric Clinic” by Pan Haitian, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld, June 1) The Heart of the Nhaga by Lee Young-do, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur (Harper Voyager, June 2) Welcome to Lee Young-do’s epic classic series, The Bird That Drinks Tears. The master of Korean
Author and translator Anton Hur has announced that “over the course of the next four years, Harper Voyager will publish the four giant volumes of The Bird That Drinks Tears saga, also known as the LOTR of Korea, beginning with The Heart of the Nhaga next month [June].” You can read an excerpt from the
translated from the Korean by Anton Hur original publication (in Korean): 2021 this edition: Vintage, 2023 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library I’ve been wanting to read Djuna’s stories and novels for a while now, since hard science fiction is my favorite subgenre, and I’ve read that Djuna’s work
translated from the Korean by Anton Hur original publication (in Korean): 2019 first English edition: Saga Press, 2026 192 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Contents: “Symbiosis Theory” [originally published in English in Clarkesworld] “Spectrum” “If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light” [originally published in English
“The Tiger in the Room” by Moon Young Park, translated from the Korean by Paige Aniyah Morris (Samovar, April 27) The Witch by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French (France) by Jordan Stump (Vintage, April 7) Equal parts dreamlike and disquieting, The Witch tells a tale as old as time, with a dark twist: Without
(The Bleeding Empire #2) translated by Anton Hur original publication (in Korean): ? first English edition: 2025, Tor 384 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Blood for the Undying Throne, the second in Sung-il Kim’s Bleeding Empire series, continues the story of provincial struggle against imperial domination. As
Check out my review of Bora Chung’s first novel in English, translated by Anton Hur, in the latest issue of World Literature Today. “Based on the story of seventeenth-century Korean soldiers fighting against Russia on behalf of the Qing dynasty, Red Sword is a story about war, though here it is the far future, where
Red Sword by Bora Chung, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur (Honford Star, May 13). Red Sword is the mesmerizing and haunting English-language debut novel by International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Bora Chung. Expertly translated by Anton Hur, this speculative fiction unfolds on a distant, war-ravaged planet where advanced technologies wreak havoc and devastation. Told
“Pollen” by Anna Burdenko, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Clarkesworld, March 1) “The Sound of the Star” by Ren Zeyu, translated from the Chinese by Jay Zhang (Clarkesworld, March 1) The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, translated from the Spanish (Argentina) by Sarah Moses (Scribner, March 4). The long-awaited new novel from the author
“The Face of God: A Documentary” by Damián Neri, translated from the Spanish by the author (Clarkesworld, October 1) The Third Realm by Karl Ove Knausgaard, translated from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken (Penguin Press, October 1) Shapeshifting visitors, unsolved murders in the forest, black metal bands and an online bank of thousands of people’s
