translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter first English translation: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988 my version: Penguin Classics Science Fiction, 2020 384 pages grab a copy here or or through your local independent bookstore or library I’ve read much about the great Japanese speculative author Kōbō Abe, but I hadn’t read anything by him. Thanks to
translated by J. D. Wisgo Arigatai Books June 21, 2021 162 pages grab a copy here or or through your local independent bookstore or library Read more about Juza Unno and the translation of these stories here. “Four Dimensional Man” “The World in One Thousand Years” “The Theory of Planetary Colonization” “Mysterious Spatial Rift”
SHORT STORIES “Catching the K Beast” by Chen Qian, translated from the Chinese by Carmen Yiling Yan (Clarkesworld, April 1). “The Hat Stand” by Diaa Jubaili, translated from the Arabic by Chip Rossetti (World Literature Today, Spring 2021). “The Final Test” by Ti Sha, translated from
translated from the Japanese by Nancy H. Ross Kurodahan Press October 10, 2020 168 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore Kurodahan Press has once again brought Anglophone readers a gem of a book. These short stories, written in the 1920s and 30s by “one of the founders of the
SHORT STORIES “All Living Creation” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from the Chinese by Elizabeth Hanlon (Clarkesworld Magazine, October 1). “20th Century Hotel” by Tomihiko Morimi, translated from the Japanese by Emily Balistrieri (Samovar, October 26). “Express to Beijing West Railway Station” by Congyun ‘Mu Ming’ Gu, translated from the
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
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)
SHORT STORIES “Three Stories Conjured from Nothing” by ShakeSpace, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, July 1). “The Curtain Falls, the Show Must End” by Julie Nováková, translated from the Czech by the author (Samovar, July 27). “Hummingbird” by Eisuke Aikawa, translated from the Japanese by
Check out my essay on the entire Legend of the Galactic Heroes series for the Locus Roundtable here.
translated by Matt Treyvaud Haikasoru November 19, 2019 224 pages grab a copy * here be spoilers Haikasoru has done it. They’ve published all ten books in Yoshiki Tanaka’s Legend of the Galactic Heroes series in English. Sadly, this was also one of Haikasoru’s last publications, but we can take heart from the fact that
