Speculative Fiction from Around the World
Over at SF Signal, Charles Tan has been interviewing the contributors to new Ellen Datlow anthology Beastly Bride - including Indian writer Shweta Narayan and Finnish writer Johanna Sinisalo. From the Sinisalo interview: CT: What is it about the Finnish epic Kalevala that interests you? JS: It is quite original compared to many other European... Continue Reading →
From Val Grimm: The Portal is an online review of short-form science fiction, fantasy, and horror that will launch at World Fantasy in October 2010. Although we do intend to review work in English, we will give equal emphasis to providing English- language coverage of short fiction markets, anthologies, and genre literary activities in many language communities around the world,... Continue Reading →
From the press release: STABLEFORD, LOFFICIER, BLACK COAT PRESS WIN TOP FRENCH GENRE AWARD Writer/translator Brian Stableford, editor/translators Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, and Black Coat Press have won a Special Award for their outstanding work in bringing French science fiction to the English-speaking public. The award is part of the coveted Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire, the... Continue Reading →
The Sky Awards are "fan/judge-voted awards for Chinese science fiction and fantasy literacy. These awards are initiated and administered by the Sky Award Organizing Committee composed of a number of senior SF/F fans, and the Judge Panel consists of writers, editors, critics, and professionals in the SF/F field in China." Best Fiction: Long Form in... Continue Reading →
THE BASICS OF FLIGHT by Joyce Chng Chapter Four Finding Her Balance: Walking Aware The air was suitably chilly for an early-morning Athletics. There was fog rolling in from the Flying Field, a fleecy sheet coating just about everything and making flying lessons for the final-year ensign class impossible. Stenton made them all stand in... Continue Reading →
THE BASICS OF FLIGHT By Joyce Chng Chapter Three: Balance Of The World: An Interlude The balance of the world was not just the balance of an antiquated globe left behind by history. It was not a fixed world, with arcane words and ancient creatures with “There Be Dragons” marked on perceived dangerous areas. It... Continue Reading →
THE BEST OF PHILIPPINE SPECULATIVE FICTION 2009 AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD Charles Tan, editor of The Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler (http://philippinespeculativefiction.com/) has just released The Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2009 (http://bestphilippinesf.com/), an online anthology that reprints sixteen stories written by Filipino authors. Contributors include Dean Francis Alfar, Yvette Tan, Kenneth Yu, and Gabriella Lee. In... Continue Reading →
CoyoteCon is an online convention running through May. One of the panels was on Non-Western Perspectives, with participants WSNB contributor Joyce Chng , Carole McDonnell and Rudy Ch. Garcia. [Deena] 7:08 pm: Maybe, then, you could talk about what it means to read and write from a non-western perspective? [Deena] 7:08 pm: What does this... Continue Reading →
Over at Omnivoracious, the Amazon book blog, Jeff Vandermeer interviews Dutch writer and editor Jetse de Vries about his new anthology, Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction. Amazon.com: Why optimism? After all, the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Jetse de Vries: It seems that way sometimes, but it depends what you... Continue Reading →
Over at Fantasy Magazine, Jennifer Konieczny interviews Lavie Tidhar. You can also read Mr. Tidhar's latest short fiction, "The Spontaneous Knotting of an Agitated String". Here's an excerpt from the interview: It’s a tough one. I’m not actually sure how to answer it. I think English is very much associated with technology. I see it... Continue Reading →
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