Speculative Fiction in Translation #10: Iceland and Gothic Fantasy

In this month’s episode, Rachel and Daniel make the most of a relatively-light SFT month, discussing the collections, stories, and reviews that came out in October. They also look ahead to the exciting wonderfulness that is November. The highly-acclaimed Icelandic novel, CoDex 1962, keeps coming up (probably because it’s as great as everyone says it is) and we now have new stories by Yoss and Melanie Fazi to read thanks to World Literature Today. And while Rachel and Daniel wish they could have more time to read all the things, Daniel still needs to invent that time machine Rachel keeps asking for…

Remember: 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 October
- “The Facecrafter” by Anna Wu, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld, October 1
- “Health for All” by Yoss, translated from the Spanish by George Henson (World Literature Today, October 25)
- “Our Lady of the Scales“ by Mélanie Fazi, translated by Edward Gauvin (World Literature Today, October 25)
- The Tyranny of the Fays Abolished and Other Stories by Comtesse D. L., translated from the French by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, October 1)
- The Murdered City by Fernand Mysor, translated from the French by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, October 1)

Excerpts
- from CoDex 1962 by Sjon, translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb (FSG Work in Progress, October 4)

Reviews

Interviews
- Jason Sanford interviews Daniel Huddleston about translating Sisyphean

Readers’ Corner
- Daniel is reading Vestiges in the original French
- Rachel is reading The Apex Book of World SF 5
- Rachel is translating stories by Italian sf author Clelia Farris. Read one of Clelia’s stories here.

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Rachel Cordasco

Rachel Cordasco has a Ph.D in literary studies and currently works as a developmental editor. When she's not at her day job or chasing three kids, she's writing reviews and translating Italian speculative fiction. She runs the website sfintranslation.com, and can be found on Facebook and Twitter.