translated from the Korean by Anton Hur original publication (in Korean): 2019 first English edition: Saga Press, 2026 192 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Contents: “Symbiosis Theory” [originally published in English in Clarkesworld] “Spectrum” “If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light” [originally published in English
The Witch by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French (France) by Jordan Stump (Vintage, April 7) Equal parts dreamlike and disquieting, The Witch tells a tale as old as time, with a dark twist: Without looking back, children fly the nest, laying bare the tenuous threads of family that have long threatened to snap. With
translated from the Korean, Arabic, Polish, Japanese, Uzbek, Icelandic, Swahili, and Thai Two Lines Press, 2026 216 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Contents: “A Swamp’s Love” by Cho Yeeun, tr from the Korean by Giulia Ratti “The Magic Bin” by Wajdi Al-Ahdal, tr from the Arabic by
“Damnatio Memoriae” by I. A. Galdames translated from the Spanish (Chile) by Monica Louzon (Neon Dystopia) “A Letter from Captain Robert Walton to Joseph Smith, Care of John Taylor” by R. de la Lanza, translated from the Spanish (Mexico) by Ryan Fairchild and D.A. Cooper (Further Light #1) With the Heart of a Ghost by
translated by Chi-Young Kim original publication (in Korean): 2024 this edition: Unnamed Press, 2026 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Lim Sunwoo’s With the Heart of a Ghost is the latest in a recent streak of Korean SFT that shows no signs of slowing down. Science fiction, fantasy, magical
Artificial Truth by J. M. Lee, translated from the Korean by Sean Lin Halbert (Amazon Crossing, December 1) In the virtual city of Alegria, fantasies are made real, innumerable lifetimes are lived, and even death itself is a survivable experience. An escape from reality that changed the landscape of artificial intelligence, it is home to
translated by Sean Lin Halbert original publication (in Korean): 2024 first English edition: 2025, Amazon Crossing 220 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library “On March 13, 2016, at 5:44 p.m., at the Four Seasons Hotel, Seoul, history happened.” This statement opens the “Author’s Note” at the end of
“Giant Grandmother” by Liu Maijia, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld, October 1) Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K. A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Fairwood Press, October 1) The world is not how we perceive it. A blizzard may be the fury of a whale god. Intelligent
(The Bleeding Empire #2) translated by Anton Hur original publication (in Korean): ? first English edition: 2025, Tor 384 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Blood for the Undying Throne, the second in Sung-il Kim’s Bleeding Empire series, continues the story of provincial struggle against imperial domination. As
Check out my review of Bora Chung’s first novel in English, translated by Anton Hur, in the latest issue of World Literature Today. “Based on the story of seventeenth-century Korean soldiers fighting against Russia on behalf of the Qing dynasty, Red Sword is a story about war, though here it is the far future, where
