Tag Archives: French

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

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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

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REVIEW: ELEMENTAL

I reviewed the wonderful anthology Elemental for Strange Horizons. Here’s an excerpt from the review: Elemental—with stories translated from the Hebrew, Norwegian, Persian, Japanese, Kurdish, German, French, and Polish—is a lovely and sometimes disturbing exploration of the intersection of humanity and nature. This book, according to Two Lines, asks, “How can we understand our complex,

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Out This Month: May

SHORT STORIES   “Spore” by Tang Fei, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, May 1).           NOVELS Solo Viola: A Post-Exotic Novel by Antoine Volodine, translated from the French by Lia Swope Mitchell (University of Minnesota Press, May 11). In one of his first forays into post-exoticism, Antoine Volodine

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Out This Month: February

SHORT STORIES   “Terra Rasa” by Anastasia Bookreyeva, translated from the Russian by Ray Nayler (Clarkesworld, February 1).         “There Was No Adderall in the Soviet Union,” by Olga Breininger, translated from the Russian by Hilah Kohen (Words Without Borders, February).           “Imilla” by Vania T. Curtidor, translated

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Daniel’s Reviews: Whiskey Tales & Cruise of Shadows by Jean Ray

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

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Daniel’s Reviews: The Weight of Snow by Christian Guay-Poliquin

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

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Out This Month: January

SHORT STORIES “Chronotope” by Raul Ciannella, translated from the Italian by Rachel Cordasco (Ab Terra 2020, January 26). A small team enslaved to data entry roles by an AI system manages to break out by combining their “alienating habits,” which allow them to work at super-fast speeds.         NOVELS The Route of

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Out This Month: November

SHORT STORIES   “Forger Mr. Z” by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Asimov’s, November/December issue).           “Niuniu” by Baoshu, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, November 1).           “The Recluse” by George Cornilă, translated from the Romanian by ? (Aphelion, November).

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Out This Month: September

SHORT STORIES “No One Ever Leaves Port Henri” by K. A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Galaxy’s Edge, September 1).           “The Book Reader” by Keishi Kajifune, translated from the Japanese by Toshiya Kamei (Clarkesworld, September 1).           “Casualties of the Quake” by Wang

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