<\/p>\n “Spore”<\/span><\/a> by Tang Fei, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld,<\/em> May 1).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n NOVELS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In one of his first forays into post-exoticism, Antoine Volodine takes the reader into a fictional world where a variety of characters collide. All are trying to survive in an absurd and hostile environment of authoritarian spectacle, at the mercy of a tyrannical buffoon, and seeking the strange counterbalance of hope in a viola player, whose stunning music might save them all.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A group of Koreans are making their way across a disease-ravaged landscape\u2014but to what end? To the Warm Horizon<\/em><\/strong> shows how in a post-apocalyptic world, humans will still seek purpose, kinship, and even intimacy. Focusing on two young women, Jina and Dori, who find love against all odds, Choi Jin-young creates a dystopia where people are trying to find direction after having their worlds turned upside down.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ESSAYS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “A Brief History of Russian Science Fiction”<\/span><\/a> by Alex Shvartsman (Clarkesworld<\/em>, May 1).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n REVIEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 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<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cw_176_350.jpg\")
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Solo Viola: A Post-Exotic Novel<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Antoine Volodine, translated from the French by Lia Swope Mitchell (University of Minnesota Press, May 11).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/choi.jpg\")
To the Warm Horizon<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Choi Jin-young, translated from the Korean by Soje (Honford Star, May 15).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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Alex Diggins reviews <\/span><\/a><\/strong>The Night Circus<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"