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Guest Review: Nekomonogatari (White) by Nisioisin

By Rachel CordascoMay 7, 2018guest post, reviewAndrea Johnson, Japan, Japanese, Ko Ransom, Nisioisin, Vertical

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,

Out This Month: May

By Rachel CordascoMay 3, 2018out this monthA. Que, Alex Shvartsman, Andrea Johnson, Andrzej Sapkowski, Argentina, Bill Campbell, Black Coat Press, Brian Stableford, Carmen Boullosa, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, David French, Dietmar Dath, DoppelHouse Press, Emily Jin, Etienne-Léon de Lamothe-Langon, Felix Haas, France, Francesco Verso, French, Future Science Fiction Digest, German, Germany, Haikasoru, James Nicoll, Japan, Japanese, Ken Liu, Ko Ransom, Lightspeed, Mexico, Nisioisin, Orbit Books, Poland, Polish, Regina Kanyu Wang, Rodrigo Fresán, Rosarium Publishing, Russia, Russian, Samuel P. Willcox, Spanish, Tatiana Ivanova, Teng Ye, Tobi Hirotaka, Vertical, Will Vanderhyden, World Literature Today, X. B. Saintine, Xia Jia, Yuzhi Yang

FICTION “Farewell, Doraemon,” by A Que, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin and Ken Liu (Clarkesworld Magazine, May 1) “Night-Journey” of the Dragon Horse” by Xia Jia, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Lightspeed, May 10) reprint “Impress Me, Then We’ll Talk About the Money” by

Interview with Dempow Torishima

By Rachel CordascoApril 30, 2018interview, newsDaniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Weird Fiction Review

Over at Weird Fiction Review, David Davis interviews Japanese speculative fiction author Dempow Torishima, whose work of biohorror, Sisyphean, was translated by Daniel Huddleston and came out earlier this year from Haikasoru. You can also check out my review of this powerful, brilliant novel here.

Out This Month: April

By Rachel CordascoApril 2, 2018out this monthAndy Dudak, Asymptote Journal, Autin Woerner, China, Chinese, Dempow Torishima, Finland, Finnish, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Jiang Bo, Korea, Korean, Kurodahan Press, Laura Lindstedt, Margaret Mitsutani, New Directions, Oneworld, Owen Witesman, Small Beer Press, Su Wei, Tyran Grillo, Yoko Tawada, Yoshiki Tanaka

FICTION “The Wings of Earth” by Jiang Bo, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 1) “Fifth: You Shall Not Waste” by Piero Schiavo Campo, translated from Italian by Sarah Jane Webb (Akashic Books, April) “Taklamakan Misdelivery” by Bae Myung-hoon, translated from the Korean by

Review: Sisyphean by Dempow Torishima

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 26, 2018reviewDaniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese

translated by Daniel Huddleston Haikasoru March 20, 2018 304 pages grab a copy I’ve seen this book described as bio-horror and New Weird and post-apocalyptic horror…and it is all of these things and more. This is one of those books that, while not exactly long (just over 300 pages), takes an oddly long time to

Guest Review: Crossfire by Miyuki Miyabe

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 23, 2018reviewAnna Husson Isozaki, Deborah Stuhr Iwabuchi, Japan, Japanese, Kodansha International, Kure Kamo, Miyuki Miyabe

This is a guest post by Kure Kamo. Kamo occasionally reviews for Strange Horizons, sporadically blogs at this is how she fight start, and tweets as @tihsfs, probably more than is good for him. translated by Deborah Stuhr Iwabuchi and Anna Husson Isozaki Kodansha International February 1, 2006 414 pages One from the vault

Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 5: Mobilization by Yoshiki Tanaka

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 15, 2018reviewHaikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Tyran Grillo, Yoshiki Tanaka

translated by Tyran Grillo Haikasoru November 21, 2017 272 pages grab a copy I’ve now read the first five books in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, and I’m impressed by how well Tanaka controls the plot of this intergalactic war and its main participants across so many pages without the story unraveling (kind

Flash Fiction From Around the World: “Micro-Novels”

By Rachel CordascoNovember 8, 2017Flash Fictionflash fiction, Japan, Japanese, Tyran Grillo, Yusaku Kitano

This is the fourteenth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. The series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Yusaku Kitano (北野勇作) won the 4th Japan Fantasy Novel Grand Prize in 1992 with Mukashi, Kasei no atta basho (Where Mars Used to Be), and

Out This Month: November

By Rachel CordascoNovember 2, 2017out this monthAnd Other Stories, Clarkesworld Magazine, Haikasoru, Italian, Italy, Japan, Japanese, Lisa Dillman, Mexico, Nicola Pugliese, Nicoletta Vallorani, Rachel Cordasco, Shaun Whiteside, Spanish, Words Without Borders, Yoshiki Tanaka, Yuri Herrera

“The Catalog of Virgins” by Nicoletta Vallorani, translated from the Italian by Rachel S. Cordasco (Clarkesworld) “House Taken Over” by Yuri Herrera, translated from the Spanish by Lisa M. Dillman (Words Without Borders) Malacqua by Nicola Pugliese, translated from the Italian by Shaun Whiteside (And Other Stories, November

Out This Month: September

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 4, 2017out this monthChina, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Gu Shi, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Jocelyne Allen, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Kazuki Sakuraba, Marlaine Delargy, S. Qiouyi Lu, Sweden, Swedish

“Möbius Continuum” by Gu Shi, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu (Clarkesworld Magazine, September 1) I Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist, translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy (riverrun, September 7) “A supernatural superthriller from the author of Let the Right One In. Molly wakes her mother

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