{"id":648,"date":"2016-07-15T02:44:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T02:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=648"},"modified":"2016-07-15T02:44:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T02:44:45","slug":"100-must-read-works-of-speculative-fiction-in-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=648","title":{"rendered":"100 Must-Read Works of Speculative Fiction in Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"

(first posted on Book Riot 6\/22\/16<\/a>)<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a great big world out there, filled with accomplished authors writing in every language. Speculative fiction is an especially vibrant genre, and with works like Cixin Liu\u2019s award-winning Three-Body Problem<\/em> garnering much-deserved applause here in the U.S., and multiple anthologies of Spanish-language fiction becoming available, there\u2019s never been a better time to build your TBR list.<\/p>\n

\"100<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Argentina<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ficciones<\/a><\/em> by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Anthony Kerrigan.<\/p>\n

Kalpa Imperial<\/a><\/em> by Ang\u00e9lica Gorodischer, translated by Ursula K. Le Guin.<\/p>\n

Trafalgar<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Ang\u00e9lica Gorodischer, translated by Amalia Gladhart.<\/p>\n

Memory<\/a> <\/em>by Teresa P. Mira de Echeverr\u00eda, translated by Lawrence Schimel.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sphere of Glass<\/a> <\/em>by Marianne Gruber, translated by Alexandra Strelka.<\/p>\n

The Wall<\/a><\/em> by\u00a0Marlen Haushofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside.<\/p>\n

Awakening to the Great Sleep War<\/a><\/em> by Gert Jonke, translated by Jean M. Snook.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Belgium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Red Queen<\/a><\/em> by Dirk Draulans, translated by Sam Barrett.<\/p>\n

I Who Have Never Known Men<\/a><\/em> by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwartz.<\/p>\n

Tonguecat<\/a><\/em> by Peter Verhelst, translated by Sherry Marx.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Brazil<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sambaqui: A Novel of Pre-History<\/a><\/em> by Stella Carr Ribeiro, translated by Claudia van der Heuvel.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Czech Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Golden Age<\/a> <\/em>by Michal Ajvaz, translated by Andrew Oakland.<\/p>\n

Other City<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Michal Ajvaz, translated by Gerald Turner.<\/p>\n

The Absolute at Large<\/a> <\/em>by <\/span>Karel <\/span>\u010capek<\/span>, translator not credited.<\/span><\/p>\n

Krakatit<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by <\/span>Karel <\/span>\u010capek,\u00a0<\/span>translated by Lawrence Hyde.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

China<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Magic Flute of Tianjialin<\/em> by Tong Enzheng, translated by Shaoxian Wen<\/p>\n

Folding Beijing<\/em> by Hao Jinfang, translated by Ken Liu.<\/p>\n

The Three-Body Problem<\/a><\/em> by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu.<\/p>\n

The Dark Forest<\/a> <\/em>by Cixin Liu, translated by Joel Martinsen.<\/p>\n

Death\u2019s End<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu.<\/p>\n

Cat Country<\/a><\/em> by Lao She, translated by William A. Lyell.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cuba<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Island of Eternal Love<\/a><\/em> by Da\u00edna Chaviano, translated by Andrea Labinger.<\/p>\n

A Legend of the Future<\/a><\/em> by Agust\u00edn de Rojas, translated by Nick Caistor.<\/p>\n

The Year 200<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Agust\u00edn de Rojas, translated by Nick Caistor.<\/p>\n

A Planet for Rent<\/a><\/em> by Yoss, translated by David Frye.<\/p>\n

Super Extra Grande<\/a><\/em> by Yoss, translated by David Frye.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Denmark<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virtue and Vice in the Middle Time<\/a> <\/i>by Svend \u01fage Madsen, translated by James M Ogler.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Egypt\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Queue<\/a><\/em> by Basma Abdel Aziz, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette.<\/p>\n

The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets<\/a><\/em> by Khairy Shalaby, translated by Michael Cooperson.<\/p>\n

Utopia<\/a><\/em> by Ahmed Khaled Towfik, translated by Chip Rossetti.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Finland<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rabbit Back Literature Society<\/a><\/em> by\u00a0Pasi Ilmari J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen, translated by Lola M. Rogers.<\/p>\n

The Core of the Sun<\/a> <\/em>by Johanna Sinisalo, translated by Lola Rogers.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

France<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a Thousand Years<\/a> <\/em>by \u00c9mile Calvet, translated by Brian Stableford.<\/p>\n

Please, Mr. Einstein<\/a><\/em> by Jean-Claude Carriere, translated by John Brownjohn.<\/p>\n

Texaco<\/a><\/em> by Patrick Chamoiseau, translated by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov.<\/p>\n

Noir<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Olivier Pauvert, translated by Adriana Hunter.<\/p>\n

From the Earth to the Moon<\/a><\/em> by Jules Verne, translated by Lowell Bair.<\/p>\n

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea<\/a><\/em> by Jules Verne, translator not credited.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Elven<\/a><\/em> by Bernhard Hennen and James A. Sullivan, translated by Edwin Miles.<\/p>\n

The Carpet Makers<\/a><\/em> by Andreas Eschbach, translated by Doryl Jensen.<\/p>\n

Between Earth and Moon<\/a><\/em>by Otfrid von Hanstein, translated by Francis Currier.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hungary<\/strong><\/p>\n

1985: A Historical Report<\/a><\/em> by Gyorgy Dalos, translated by Stuart Hood and Estella Schmid.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

India<\/strong><\/p>\n

Travels to Venus<\/i>\u00a0by Jagadananda Roy, translated by ?<\/p>\n

The Cosmic Explosion <\/em>by Jayant Narlikar, translated by Sujata Godbole.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunburnt Faces<\/a><\/em> by Shimon Adaf, translated by Margalit Rodgers & Anthony Berris.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Tea and Other Tales<\/a><\/em> by Samuel Marolla, translated by Andrew Tanzi.<\/p>\n

Eternal War: Armies of Saints<\/a><\/em> by Livio Gambarini, translator not credited.<\/p>\n

Nexhuman<\/a><\/em> by Francesco Verso, translated by Sally McCorry.<\/p>\n

Invisible Cities<\/a> <\/i>by Italo Calvino, translated by William Weaver.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Woman in the Dunes<\/a> <\/em>by Kobo Abe, translated by E. Dale Saunders.<\/p>\n

Self-Reference ENGINE<\/a><\/em> by Toh EnJoe, translated by Terry Gallagher.<\/p>\n

Gene Mapper<\/a><\/em> by Taiyo Fujii, translated by Jim Hubbert.<\/p>\n

We, The Children of Cats<\/a><\/em> by Tomoyuki Hoshino, translated by Brian Bergstrom and Lucy Fraser.<\/p>\n

Biogenesis<\/a><\/em> by\u00a0Tatsuaki Ishiguro, translated by Brian Watson & James Balzer.<\/p>\n

Japan Sinks<\/a><\/em> by Sakyo Komatsu, translated by Michael Gallagher.<\/p>\n

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World<\/a><\/em> by Haruki Murakami, translated by Alfred Birnbaum.<\/p>\n

Dendera<\/a><\/em> by Yuya Sato, translated by Nathan Collins & Edwin Hawkes.<\/p>\n

Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas<\/a><\/em> by Kazuki Sakuraba, translated by Jocelyn Allen.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Libya<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anubis: A Libyan Novel<\/a><\/em> by Ibrahim Al-Koni\u00a0, translated by William M. Hutchins.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Netherlands<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wedding by the Sea<\/a><\/em> by Abdelkander Benali, translated by Susan Massotty.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Norway<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Daughters of Egalia<\/a><\/i> by Gerd Brantenberg, translated by Louis McKay<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Poland<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Old Axolotl: Hardware Dreams<\/a><\/em> by Jacek Dukaj, translated by Stanley Bill.<\/p>\n

On the Hill of Roses<\/a><\/em> by Stefan Grabinski, translated by Miroslaw Lipinski.<\/p>\n

The Dark Domain<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Stefan Grabinski, translated by Miroslaw Lipinski.<\/p>\n

Nest of Worlds<\/a><\/em> by Marek S. Huberath, translated by Michael Kandel.<\/p>\n

Solaris<\/a><\/em> by Stanislaw Lem, translated by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Romania<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recipearium<\/em> by Costi Gurgu, translated by the author.<\/p>\n

Squaring the Circle: A Pseudotreatise of Urbogomy: Fantastic Tales<\/a><\/em> by Gheorghe S\u0103s\u0103rman translated by Ursula le Guin (from the Spanish of Mariano Mart\u00edn Rodr\u00edguez).<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Master and Margarita<\/a><\/em> by Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by Diana Burgin and Katherine O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n

Those Who Survive<\/a><\/em> by Kirill Bulychev, translated by John H. Costello.<\/p>\n

In Concert Performance<\/a><\/em> by Nikolai Dezhnev, translated by Mary Ann Szporluk.<\/p>\n

Metro 2034<\/a><\/em> by Dmitry Glukhovsky, translated by Andrew Bromfield.<\/p>\n

No Return<\/a><\/em> by Aleksandr Kabakov, translated by Thomas Whitney.<\/p>\n

Memories of the Future<\/a><\/em> by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, translated by Joanne Turnbull with Nikolai Formozov.<\/p>\n

The Nightwatch<\/a><\/em> by Sergei Lukyanenko, translated by Andrew Bromfield.<\/p>\n

S.N.U.F.F.<\/a><\/em> by Victor Pelevin, translated by Andrew Bromfield.<\/p>\n

Empire V: The Prince of Hamlet<\/a><\/em> by Victor Pelevin,\u00a0translated by Anthony Phillips.<\/p>\n

Ice<\/a><\/em> by Vladimir Sorokin, translated by Jamey Gambrell.<\/p>\n

The Dead Mountaineer\u2019s Inn: One More Last Rite for the Detective Genre<\/a><\/em> by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, translated by Josh Billings.<\/p>\n

Roadside Picnic<\/a><\/em>by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky,\u00a0translated by Olena Bormashenko.<\/p>\n

The Slynx<\/a><\/em> by Tatyana Tolstaia, translated by Jamey Gambrell.<\/p>\n

Moscow 2042<\/a><\/em> by Vladimir Voinovich, translated by Richard Lourie.<\/p>\n

We<\/a><\/em> by Yevgeny Zamyatin, translated by Natasha S. Randall.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/p>\n

HWJN<\/a><\/em> by Ibraheem Abbas, translated by Yasser Bahjatt.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Serbia<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Fourth Circle<\/a><\/em> by Zoran \u017divkovi\u0107, translated by Mary Popovic.<\/p>\n

The Library<\/a><\/em> by Zoran \u017divkovi\u0107, translated by Alice Copple-To\u0161i\u0107.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Goldsmith\u2019s Secret<\/a><\/em> by Elia Barcel\u00f3, translated by David Frye.<\/p>\n

Heart of Tango<\/a><\/em> by\u00a0Elia Barcel\u00f3, translated by David Frye.<\/p>\n

Tokyo Doesn\u2019t Love Us Anymore<\/a><\/em> by Ray Loriga, translated by John King.<\/p>\n

The Last Passenger<\/a><\/em> by Manel Loureiro, translated by Andr\u00e9s Alfaro.<\/p>\n

The Map of Time<\/a><\/em> by F\u00e9lix J. Palma, translated by Nick Caistor.<\/p>\n

Cold Skin<\/a><\/em> by Albert Sanchez Pinol, translated by Cheryl Leah Morgan.<\/p>\n

Zig Zag<\/a><\/em> by Jos\u00e9 Carlos Somoza, translated by Lisa Dillman.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sudan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Telepathy<\/a><\/em> by Amir Tag Elsir, translated by William M. Hutchins.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sweden<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Unit<\/a><\/em> by Ninni Holmqvist, translated by Marlaine Delargy.<\/p>\n

Jagannath<\/a><\/em> by Karin Tidbeck, translated by the author.<\/p>\n

Kallocain<\/a><\/em> by Karin Boye, translated by Gustaf Lannestock.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Switzerland<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nile Gold: a Legend of Modern Egypt<\/a><\/em> by John Knittel, translator unknown<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Turkey<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Book of Madness<\/a><\/em> by Levent Senyurek, translated by Feyza Howell.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Voroshilovgrad<\/a><\/em> by Serhiy Zhadan, translated by Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Wheeler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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