Speculative Fiction from Around the World
The following article by Charles Tan is reprinted from Apex Magazine. It was published in the pre-order edition of The Apex Book of World SF 2. The trade edition is out now - it is available direct from the publisher, through Amazon and Amazon UK, and or Kindle (US - UK). World SF: Our Possible Future... Continue Reading →
Today on the WSB, Marcus Rauchfuss of Germany writes for us about his plans for a European Steampunk Convention. ESC - The European Steampunk Convention By Marcus Rauchfuss Some weeks ago, I was twittering with Lavie and he suggested that what Europe needed was a big steampunk convention. Thus, the idea for ESC – The European... Continue Reading →
On Japanese SF By Nick Mamatas In Issui Ogawa’s The Next Continent, the “war on terror” is a political afterthought thanks to an American retreat from the Middle East; Japanese businesspeople see themselves as a counterweight to Western globalization; and engineers can do anything from building undersea vacation spots to constructing a wedding chapel on... Continue Reading →
Looking Ahead Lavie Tidhar Welcome to 2011. Last year we looked back (and, in fact, Charles is busy compiling a year's end summary for us this time around too) but for now, I wanted to look ahead, at 2011 and beyond. The World SF Blog has been around since February 2009. Which means we'll... Continue Reading →
World Cup Feelings – Really Global Ones By Fábio Fernandes By the time you read this, it’s quite probable that the World Cup has already come to an end. Brazil, alas, is already out of the game, but that happens. What’s really important is that the FIFA World Cup has managed to do something extraordinary,... Continue Reading →
Changes at the World SF News Blog Lavie Tidhar As you may have noticed, we've recently changed the theme for the blog - this is only a part of the planned expansion of the blog. What the new format allows us to do, amongst other things, is offer free advertising for international SF-related books and... Continue Reading →
Last year, I wrote an essay entitled The Dilemma of the Term "World SF" on my blog. Right now, a couple of people in the blogosphere feels indignant at Norman Spinrad's latest column, "Third World Worlds", and I bring up my previous essay because Spinrad's editorial tackles some of the themes which I originally brought... Continue Reading →
Award Season in New Zealand By Ripley Patton For writers the world-over, what comes after the holiday season? Award season, of course. Early in the calendar year, every year, nominations are accepted for the Nebula, the Hugo, and the Sir Julius Vogel. Haven't heard of that last one? I'm not surprised. While international awards are... Continue Reading →
SF FROM THE RIM: WRITING FOR AMERICANS VS. WRITING FOR “FOREIGNERS” By Guy Hasson Having spent my childhood in both the U.S. and Israel, I am a man who belongs to both cultures and yet remains an outsider in both. I am an author of – and for – two cultures. When writing a story... Continue Reading →
Editorial: Looking Back on 2009 Lavie Tidhar I started the World SF News Blog in February this year, on Livejournal; in many ways, it was intended to be a companion of sorts for The Apex Book of World SF. It has quickly evolved beyond that, though, and in October I made the decision to move... Continue Reading →
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