SF in Translation

July brought us speculative stories, books, and collections translated from the Chinese, Spanish, Croatian, French, Finnish, Portuguese, and Swedish. So much great stuff! From post-apocalyptic science fiction to Swedish horror to magical realism from Quebec, you’ll have no problem finding excellent reading material. Plus, you can check out reviews of these and other stories around the internet. I also tell you about my current reading and translation work (still working on that Italian surrealist noir!) With new stories and books coming to our attention each week, make sure to check the SFT website for updates. Enjoy, and keep reading! A bientôt! Show notes: Transcript of Episode 7 SFT Out in July “To Fly Like a Fallen Angel” by Qi Yue, translated from the Chinese by Elizabeth Hanlon (Clarkesworld Magazine, July 1) “Render Unto Caesar” by Eduardo Vaquerizo, translated from the Spanish by Rich Larson (Analog SF, July/August) “All Clear” by Hao He, translated from the Chinese by R. Orion Martin (Apex Magazine, July) The Great Escape From Fairyland or The Witch, the Prince, the Girl and the Dragon by Viktoria Faust, translated from the Croatian by the author (The Fantasist, July) Songs for the Cold of Heart by Eric Dupont, translated from the French by Peter McCambridge (QC Fiction, July 1) Condomnauts by Yoss, translated from the Spanish by David Frye (Restless Books, July 10) Steampunk International, ed. Ian Whates, various translators (Newcon Press, July 17) Alphaland by Cristina Jurado, translated from the Spanish by James Womack (Nevsky Books, July 18) Blood Cruise by Mats Strandberg, translated from the Swedish by Agnes Broome (Jo Fletcher, July 12) Reviews Rachel Cordasco reviews Vestiges (QuanTika Book I) on Strange Horizons James Nicoll reviews Vestiges on his site Sean Guynes-Vishniac reviews Condomnauts in World Literature Today John Self reviews The Last Children of Tokyo (The Emissary in the US) in the Guardian Tony Malone reviews Songs for the Cold of Heart on Tony’s Reading List Amy Goldschlager reviews The Coincidence Makers in Locus General Links Speculative Fiction in Translation website Speculative Fiction in Translation facebook page SFT on twitter: @Rcordas If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

June, sweet June. It’s brought us two novel-length works of Japanese SFT, short fiction from the Chinese and Bengali, and a lot of reviews. This has also been a month of discussions about adding an SFT category to the Hugo Awards and Italian micro speculative fiction from over a dozen authors (featured on the SFT site). With new stories and books coming to our attention each week, make sure to check the SFT website for updates. Enjoy, and keep reading! A bientôt! Show notes: SFT Out in June “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 Mir Rifat Us Saleheen (Samovar, June 25) “Beyond the Western Pass” by Di An, translated from the Chinese by Canaan Morse (Samovar, June 25) Hybrid Child by Mariko Ōhara, translated from the Japanese by Jodie Beck (University of Minnesota Press, June 15) The Thousand Year Beach by Tobi Hirotaka, translated from the Japanese by Matt Treyvaud (Haikasoru, June 19) Reviews Sisyphean reviewed in Interzone Jaymee Goh reviews The Wandering Earth on Strange Horizons Alvaro Zinos-Amaro reviews Future Fiction: New Dimensions in International Science Fiction on IGMS Ian Mond reviews Frankenstein in Baghdad on Locus Damian Flanagan reviews Kangaroo Notebook in The Japan Times Victoria Silverwolf reviews Zion’s Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature on Tangent Interviews Dale Knickerbocker talks about SFT on Unbound Worlds Paul Semel interviews Tobi Hirotika General Links Speculative Fiction in Translation website Speculative Fiction in Translation facebook page SFT on twitter: @Rcordas If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

May is absolutely filled to the brim with SFT. With five short stories, seven novels/collections, interviews, reviews, and more, you’ll never be at a loss for something to read. Rachel also talks about the SFT panel at Wiscon (the annual feminist science fiction convention in Madison, Wisconsin) and what she’s been reading and translating. And a huge congratulations to Rodrigo Fresan and Will Vanderhyden for winning the 2018 Best Translated Book Award for The Invented Part (Open Letter)! With new stories and books coming to our attention each week, make sure to check the SFT website for updates. Enjoy, and keep reading! A bientôt! Show notes: Transcript of Episode 5 here SFT at Wiscon 42 SFT Out in May “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 Tatiana Ivanova, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Future Science Fiction Digest, May 15) “Universal Cigarettes” by Teng Ye, translated from the Chinese by Yuzhi Yang (Future Science Fiction Digest, May 15) “Snatching Bodies” by Rodrigo Fresán, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden (Three Percent, May 24) Future Fiction: New Dimensions in International Science Fiction, edited by Francesco Verso and Bill Campbell (Rosarium Publishing, May 1) Jonathan the Visionary by X. B. Saintine, translated from the French by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, May 1) The Second Life by X. B. Saintine,translated from the French by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press,May 1) The Mysterious Hermit of the Tomb by Etienne-Léon de Lamothe-Langon, translated from the French by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, May 1) The Abolition of Species by Dietmar Dath, translated from the German by Samuel P. Willcox (DoppelHouse Press, May 8 [reprint, first time in paperback in English]) The Bottom of the Sky by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden (Open Letter Books, May 19) Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski, translated from the Polish by David A. French (Orbit, May 22) Reviews of Short SFT in May by Daniel Haeusser Excerpts from The Abolition of Species Reviews Brazos Books reviews The Emissary Michael A. Morrison reviews The Abolition of Species in World Literature Today James Nicoll reviews The Thousand Year Beach on his site Andrea Johnson reviews Nekomonogatari White for the SFT site Articles “Another Word: Chinese Science Fiction Going Abroad—A Brief History of Translation” by Regina Kanyu Wang (Clarkesworld Magazine) Interviews Jonathan Wright talks about translating Frankenstein in Baghdad on Words Without Borders Brian Stableford talks about translating French proto-sf General Links Speculative Fiction in Translation website Speculative Fiction in Translation facebook page SFT on twitter: @Rcordas If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Italy and Japan dominate this week’s episode, which includes SFT updates for April and an interview with the very talented and very busy Italian author/editor/publisher Francesco Verso. Rachel fills you in on the Chinese, Italian, Korean, Dutch, French, and Spanish short SFT available in the past month, several novels, excerpts you can read online, reviews, and a new feature on her site:  Daniel Haeusser reviewing short SFT each month. With new stories and books coming to our attention each week, make sure to check the SFT website for updates. Enjoy, and keep reading! A bientôt! Show notes: Francesco Verso on Future Fiction SFT out in April “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 website, April) “Taklamakan Misdelivery” by Bae Myung-hoon, translated from the Korean by Sung Ryu (Asymptote, April) “Aspirin” by Park Min-gyu, translated from the Korean by Agnel Joseph (Asymptote, April) “A Perfect Wife” by Angélica Gorodischer, translated from the Spanish by Amalia Gladhart (World Literature Today, April) “The Tenants” by Anne Richter, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin (World Literature Today, April) “The House” by Pierrette Fleutiaux, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin (World Literature Today, April) “Catching Dogs With Dogs” by Rob van Essen, translated from the Dutch by Kristen Gehrman (2.3.74, April) Speculative Japan 4: “Pearls for Mia” and Other Tales (Kurodahan Press, April 1) The Invisible Valley by Su Wei, translated from the Chinese by Austin Woerner (Small Beer Press, April 3) Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt, translated from the Finnish by Owen Witesman (Oneworld, April 5) Legend of the Galactic Heroes Vol. 6: Flight by Yoshiki Tanaka, translated from the Japanese by Tyran Grillo (Haikasoru, April 17) The Emissary by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani (New Directions, April 24) Excerpts from The Invisible Valley from Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 6: Flight Reviews Daniel Haeusser reviews short SFT for April Rachel reviews The Invisible Valley Rachel reviews Future Fiction: New Dimensions in International SF on Strange Horizons M. A. Orthofer reviews Oneiron on The Complete Review Aditya Singh reviews Sisyphean on Strange Horizons General Links Speculative Fiction in Translation website Speculative Fiction in Translation facebook page SFT on twitter: @Rcordas If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

In today’s episode, Rachel brings you some SFT updates from March AND an interview with the wonderful author/translator/editor Ken Liu! Rachel discusses all of the Catalan, Japanese, Polish, Chinese and Indonesian novels, short stories, and collections that dropped in March. Plus, she fills you in on some upcoming anthologies and some excellent essays about SFT around the web, what she has been reading lately, and what she should be translating despite life getting in the way. With new stories and books coming to our attention each week, make sure to check the SFT website for updates. Enjoy, and keep reading! A bientôt! Show notes: Ken Liu’s website SFT out in March Typescript of the Second Origin by Manuel de Pedrolo, translated from the Catalan by Sara Martín (Wesleyan University Press, March 6) The Coincidence Makers by Yoav Blum, translated by Ira Moskowitz (St. Martin’s Press, March 6) Collected Stories by Bruno Schulz, translated from the Polish by Madeline G. Levine (Northwestern UP, March 15) Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha, translated from the Indonesian by Stephen J. Epstein (Brow Books, March) Sisyphean by Dempow Torishima, translated from the Japanese by Daniel Huddleston (Haikasoru, March 20) “Farewell, Adam” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld Magazine) “Deep Sea Fish” by Chi Hui, translated by Brian Bies (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction) “Walking” by Der Nister, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Tomaras, Samovar Magazine Future books Sunspot Jungle on Kickstarter Shadows of the Short Days by Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson, translated by the author, from Gollancz Reviews Rachel’s review of Memoirs Found in a Bathtub Rachel’s review of Kontakt: An Anthology of Croatian SF K. Kamo reviews Amatka on Strange Horizons Amy Lantrip reviews The Invisible Valley on World Literature Today Gautam Bhatia reviews Heaven on Earth on Strange Horizons Articles “Out-of-Body Experiences: Recent Israeli Science Fiction and Fantasy” by Michael Weingrad, Jewish Review of Books “The Daring Strugatsky Brothers, Practitioners of Outwardly Soviet, Covertly Jewish Science Fiction” by Marat Grinberg, Mosaic Magazine General Links Speculative Fiction in Translation website Speculative Fiction in Translation facebook page SFT on twitter: @Rcordas If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

In which Rachel fills you in on all of the SFT-related goodness since last month, including stories and novels out in February and March (February 14 – March 15), what Rachel’s currently reading and translating, and more. While February offered us slim-pickins, March gives us some great reads to look forward to, including Japanese biohorror from Haikasoru and Catalan science fiction from Wesleyan University Press. And with new stories and books coming to our attention each week, check the SFT website for updates. Enjoy, and keep reading! A bientôt! Show notes: SFT out in February SFT out in March Rachel’s review of Torishima’s Sisyphean Kure Kamo’s guest review of Miyabe’s Crossfire General Links: Speculative Fiction in Translation website Speculative Fiction in Translation facebook page SFT on twitter: @Rcordas Feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

The brand-new and sparkling Speculative Fiction in Translation podcast is here! In her 1st episode, Rachel introduces herself and talks about what to expect from the podcast throughout 2018. She also takes a quick look back at 2017 and its SFT riches and forward to the rest of 2018 and the novels/collections coming up. Episodes moving forward will feature two segments: 15 minutes of up-to-date news, new-releases, and details about speculative fiction in translation available online 15 minutes of interviews with wonderful translators, publishers, editors, authors, and readers. A bientôt! Show Notes: Speculative Fiction in Translation website Speculative Fiction in Translation facebook page SFT on twitter: @Rcordas Things to read: “The Catalog of Virgins” by Nicoletta Vallorani, translated from the Italian by Rachel Cordasco, Clarkesworld Magazine, November 2017 “A Day to Remember” by Clelia Farris, translated from the Italian by Rachel Cordasco, Samovar Magazine, December 2017 SFT 2017 Stats SFT Out in 2018 Feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.