Tag Archives: Japanese

Out This Month: October

SHORT STORIES “The Facecrafter” by Anna Wu, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld, October 1)           “Health for All” by Yoss, translated from the Spanish by George Henson (World Literature Today, October 25)   “Our Lady of the Scales“ by Mélanie Fazi, translated by Edward Gauvin (World Literature Today,

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Reviews of Short Fiction: September Edition

Each month, 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.

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SFT on the National Book Awards Longlist

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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Out This Month: September

SHORT STORIES   “The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm,” by Luo Longxiang, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, September 1)     “Children of the Endless Sea” by Suvi Kauppila, translated from the Finnish by the author (Samovar Magazine, September 25).   “The Wind Cave” by Haruki Murakami, translated from the Japanese by Philip

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Out This Month: August

SHORT STORIES “The Loneliest Ward” by Hao Jingfang, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Clarkesworld Magazine, August 1)       “The Mauve Planet” by Safia Ketou, translated from the French by Nadia Ghanem (Arablit.org, August 13)     Excerpt from The Man at One Kelvin Degrees by Piero Schiavo Campo, translated from the

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Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 6: Flight by Yoshiki Tanaka

translated by Tyran Grillo Haikasoru April 17, 2018 224 pages grab a copy   Unlike the previous five books in Tanaka’s Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Flight offers readers no space battles and little hand-to-hand combat (though there is some of the latter partway through the book, and it’s kind of graphic). Instead, this

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Out This Month: June

SHORT STORIES   “Your Multicolored Life” by Xing He, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, June 1)         “Silver Tiger” by Lu Yang, translated from the Chinese by Eric Abrahamsen (New Yorker, June)     “Woodcutter and Crows” by Shahidul Zahir, translated from the Bengali by Layli Uddin and

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Reviews of Short SFT: May Edition

Each month, 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.

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Guest Review: Nekomonogatari (White) by Nisioisin

Andrea Johnson and her husband live in a college town in Michigan, where their home looks like a library exploded. They are both okay with this living arrangement.  Andrea reviews science fiction and fantasy books at Little Red Reviewer (littleredreviewer.wordpress.com), and talks non-bookish things at Girl Stuff (thegirlstuffblog.wordpress.com). If you chat with her on twitter,

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