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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 17h

#SFinTranslation trivia: Danish SFT

as of 2025:
• 64 short stories, 23 novels
• 2010- more stories than any other year b/c of 19 stories in the Sky City anthology
• something every decade since the 1950s
• 4 collections, 1 anthology
• 17 stories not in a collection or Sky City

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File 770 @file770.bsky.social · 19h

2025 Geffen Awards
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2025 Geffen Awards

The winners of the 2025 Geffen Awards, were announced on October 9 during the closing ceremony at Icon Festival, the 29th Annual Israeli Festival for science fiction, fantasy and role playing games…

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 22h

This year in #SFinTranslation so far:

no anthologies
12 collections (16.7%)
60 novels (83.3%)

The source language with the highest number of translations? Spanish (22.2%)

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M.A.Orthofer @maorthofer.bsky.social · 1d

Krasznahorkai Nobel-win coverage at the Literary Saloon updated www.complete-review.com/saloon/archi... I think that should do it for today .....

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

www.nobelprize.org

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 2d

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#translation

The Kafka Challenge

The Kafkaesque lends itself to translation.

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 3d

A few years ago, I did a Pierre Boulle series on the #SFinTranslation site- spoiler: it was so fun.

www.sfintranslation.com?s=boulle&sub...

Search Results for “boulle” – Speculative Fiction in Translation

www.sfintranslation.com

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 3d

Never read KALLOCAIN so here goes!

Swedish #SFinTranslation

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 9d

Ready for another interview with an author and translator longlisted for the NBA for Translated Literature? We spoke to Hamid Ismailov and Shelley Fairweather-Vega, author and translator of WE COMPUTERS (and two WWB contributors!): @yalepress.bsky.social wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 3d

Over 50 stories and poems, but the number of translated pieces is...1? 🤔

File 770 @file770.bsky.social · 22d

Table of Contents for Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three
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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 3d

I really wanted to like this novel but was pretty disappointed. It seemed disjointed and gave up so many opportunities to explore further the central image of the monkey with the transplanted head...

Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 3d

#SFinTranslation Review: DIVING BOARD by Tomás Downey, tr by Sarah Moses (Invisible Publishing)

www.sfintranslation.com?p=15332

Review: Diving Board by Tomás Downey – Speculative Fiction in Translation

www.sfintranslation.com

Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 3d

SFinTranslation.com
#SFinTranslation

Because why read books from just one language?

Speculative Fiction in Translation – Your guide to speculative fiction from around the world

SFinTranslation.com

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Sep 9

After a long day at the Moscow circus, a dark-skinned Russian woman is accused of kidnapping her children—then gets revenge on her accusers. Read “Mordovian Cross” by Evgenia Nekrasova, translated by our 2024 Momentum Grant winner @marsnova.bsky.social : wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 7d

Russian #SFinTranslation

Marianna Suleymanova @marsnova.bsky.social · Sep 2

My translation of “Legs” by Evgenia Nekrasova, a Baba Yaga origin story set in modernity, is now available to read and listen to in full. Deep gratitude to @khoreo.bsky.social for featuring this tale. I hope you give it a bit of your time: www.khoreomag.com/translation/...

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 7d

Author Hamid Ismailov and translator Shelley Fairweather-Vega discuss WE COMPUTERS, longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. Read the interview at the link: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 7d

So much #SFinTranslation out this month! 1 short story in @clarkesworldmagazine.com, 3 collections, and 8 novels!

www.sfintranslation.com?p=15303

Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 7d

Polish #SFinTranslation

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 8d

Ijon Tichy may be Stanislaw Lem's greatest creation–a funny, bumbling, imperfect protagonist who refuses to surrender his optimism in the face of absurdity or despair. Here's where to start with his stories...

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Stanislaw Lem's Greatest Character: An Introduction to Ijon Tichy - Reactor

A lovable, honest bumbler, Tichy's not your typical hero...

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 9d

I'm just loving these books ..

Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 9d

Danish #SFinTranslation

M.A.Orthofer @maorthofer.bsky.social · 18d

New review: the next in the planned seven-volume series, Solvej Balle's 𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 (𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝐼𝐼𝐼) www.complete-review.com/reviews/dans... — coming out in English on 18 November, appropriately enough.

On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) - Solvej Balle

A review, and links to other information about and reviews of On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle.

www.complete-review.com

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 9d

Starting DIVING BOARD by Tomás Downey, tr from the Spanish by Sarah Moses, from Invisible Publishing invisiblepublishing.com/product/divi...

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Diving Board · Invisible Publishing

by Tomás Downey Translated by Sarah Moses 192 pages / 8" x 5" Forthcoming 7 October 2025 FICTION / World Literature / Argentina / Hispanic & Latino / Science Fiction / Short Stories

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 11d

Happy 25th, @strangehorizons.bsky.social !!!

Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 11d

It's SH's 25th birthday! Three reviews as ever this week, with the first from @rachelcordasco.bsky.social: a short fiction collection from KA Teryna, translated Alex Shvartsman for @patrickswenson.bsky.social's Fairwood Press.

"The stories in Black Hole Heart refuse to be labeled," Rachel writes.

Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K. A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman

These stories are genre-bending explorations of how protagonists deal with unusual and unexpected situations.

strangehorizons.com

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 11d

It's SH's 25th birthday! Three reviews as ever this week, with the first from @rachelcordasco.bsky.social: a short fiction collection from KA Teryna, translated Alex Shvartsman for @patrickswenson.bsky.social's Fairwood Press.

"The stories in Black Hole Heart refuse to be labeled," Rachel writes.

Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K. A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman

These stories are genre-bending explorations of how protagonists deal with unusual and unexpected situations.

strangehorizons.com

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 11d

My review of BLACK HOLE HEART is up @strangehorizons.bsky.social: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Russian #SFinTranslation

Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K. A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman

These stories are genre-bending explorations of how protagonists deal with unusual and unexpected situations.

strangehorizons.com

Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 14d

I want to read this frenetic pop-surrealist fever dream!
#SFinTranslation

Wakefield Press @wakefieldpress.bsky.social · Apr 19

We're happy to declare that we have two new titles in hand: Huysmans's pessimistic ode to sterility (and his own favorite novel of his career), Domesticity, and Jacques Sternberg's frenetic pop-surrealist fever dream, The Employee
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wakefieldpress.com/products/the...

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Wakefield Press @wakefieldpress.bsky.social · Apr 19

We're happy to declare that we have two new titles in hand: Huysmans's pessimistic ode to sterility (and his own favorite novel of his career), Domesticity, and Jacques Sternberg's frenetic pop-surrealist fever dream, The Employee
wakefieldpress.com/products/dom...
wakefieldpress.com/products/the...

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