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Out of the Cage by Fernanda García Lao

By Rachel CordascoJune 28, 2022Daniel's ReviewsArgentina, Daniel Haeusser, Deep Vellum, Fernanda García Lao, Spanish, Will Vanderhyden

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. Daniel reads

Spanish-Language Speculative Fiction by Women in Translation

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 4, 2020SFT recs, spotlightAgustina Bazterrica, Argentina, Bibiana Camacho, Cecilia Weddell, Clarkesworld Magazine, Cuba, Malena Salazar Maciá, Megan McDowell, Mexico, Open Letter, Sarah Moses, Spanish, The Future Fire, Toshiya Kamei, World Literature Today

I wrote a piece about Spanish-language speculative fiction by women in translation for the Three Percent website and in celebration of #WITMonth. Check it out here.

Penguin Science Fiction Series

By Rachel CordascoAugust 18, 2020newsAmalia Gladhart, Andreas Eschbach, Angélica Gorodischer, Antonina W. Bouis, Argentina, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Clarence Brown, Doryl Jensen, German, Germany, Japan, Japanese, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Kobo Abe, Michaek Kandel, Penguin Science Fiction Series, Poland, Polish, Russia, Russian, Spanish, Stanislaw Lem, Yevgeny Zamyatin

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)

Out This Month: August

By Rachel CordascoAugust 3, 2020out this monthAgustina Bazterrica, Andy Dudak, Argentina, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Atanas Slavov, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Chicago Review Press, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Deep Vellum, Fantastika, Jo Fletcher, Kalin Nenov, Mats Strandberg, Maya Vinokour, Mexico, Pergentino José, Russia, Russian, Sarah Moses, Scribner, Sierra Zapotec, Spanish, Sweden, Swedish, Thomas Bunstead, Yan Leisheng

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

Out This Month: November

By Rachel CordascoNovember 2, 2019out this monthAda Rémy, Argentina, Chang-Gyu Kim, Charles La Shure, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Clifford E. Landers, Cristina Lambert, Edward Gauvin, French, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Johannes Anyuru, Korea, Korean, Luiz Carlos Lisboa, Matt Treyvaud, Mo Xiong, Open Letter, Portuguese, Rebecca Kuang, Robert Marcuse, Rodrigo Fresán, Saskia Vogel, Spanish, Sweden, Swedish, Two Lines Press, Will Vanderhyden, Words Without Borders, Yoshiki Tanaka, Yves Rémy

SHORT STORIES “Sentinel” by Chang-Gyu Kim, translated from the Korean by Charles La Shure, Clarkesworld Magazine, November 1. “Operation Spring Dawn” by Mo Xiong, translated from the Chinese by Rebecca Kuang, Clarkesworld Magazine, November 1. “The Checkers Player” by Ada Rémy and Yves Rémy, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin, Words Without Borders,

Review: The Dreamed Part by Rodrigo Fresán

By Rachel CordascoOctober 17, 2019reviewArgentina, Open Letter Books, Rodrigo Fresán, Spanish, Will Vanderhyden

translated by Will Vanderhyden Open Letter Books November 12, 2019 550 pages grab a copy Two years ago, I reviewed Fresán’s novel The Invented Part, and even though I somehow managed to convey what I believed the book was about and how it was structured, I’m still, even now, trying to process it. And now

SF Authors as Translators

By Rachel CordascoJuly 8, 2019spotlightAngélica Gorodischer, Argentina, C. J. Cherryh, Daniel Walther, DAW, Doubleday, France, French, Full Spectrum 3, Gerard Klein, Italian, Italy, Joëlle Wintrebert, John Brunner, Kim Stanley Robinson, Nathalie Henneberg, Pierre Barbet, Renato Pestriniero, Small Beer Press, Spanish, Starshore, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin

Did you know that some of the most well-known Anglophone speculative fiction authors have also translated SF into English ? I know! So cool! John Brunner- translation from the French The Overlords of War by Gérard Klein (Doubleday and Company, 1973). Sue Burke- translations from the Spanish “Light

Out This Month: July

By Rachel CordascoJuly 3, 20192 commentsout this monthAlberto Chimal, Alex Shvartsman, Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson, Andrej Kokoulin, Andy Dudak, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, Argentina, Baoshu, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, David Bowles, Elisa Sinn, F&SF, Geo-il Bok, George Henson, Gollancz, Haikasoru, Iceland, Icelandic, Japan, Japanese, Justin Howe, Ken Liu, Korea, Korean, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Matt Treyvaud, Mexico, Rodrigo Juri, Russian, Spanish, Tang Fei, Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría, The Dark Magazine, Tor Books, Vintage, World Literature Today, Yoshiki Tanaka

SHORT STORIES “Wu Ding’s Journey to the West” by Tang Fei, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, July 1). “Flowers on My Face” by Geo-il Bok, translated from the Korean by Elisa Sinn and Justin Howe (Clarkesworld, July 1). “One in a Million” by Rodrigo Juri, translated from the Spanish by the author

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

SFT on the National Book Awards Longlist

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 16, 2018newsAnya Migdal, Argentina, Coffee House Press, Heather Cleary, Japanese, Knopf, Margaret Mitsutani, New Directions, Roque Larraquy, Russia, Russian, Spanish, Tatyana Tolstaya, Yoko Tawada

It’s the inaugural year for the National Book Award in translated literature, and three (count ’em, three) works of SFT are on the longlist! Good luck to all of the authors and translators! Roque Larraquy, “Comemadre” Translated by Heather Cleary Coffee House Press Yoko Tawada, “The Emissary” Translated by

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