Rachel Cordasco
@rachelcordasco.bsky.social
Speculative fiction in translation | SFinTranslation.com | translates Italian sf | contributor at Strange Horizons, World Literature Today, Samovar. I also crochet.
Pinned
Out of This World
An informative and one-of-a-kind guide, Out of This World offers readers and scholars alike a tour of speculative fiction's new globalized era.
press.uillinois.edu
Science fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism, weird, etc. from around the world
🤖👾👽👻📚🌍🌎🌏
press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=45...
sfintranslation.com
#SFinTranslation
🤖👾👽👻📚🌍🌎🌏
press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=45...
sfintranslation.com
#SFinTranslation
Reposted by Rachel Cordasco
Editor Ejler Jakobsson (1911-1984) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, Jack Gaughan, 1970; R, Jack Gaughan, 1969
#scifi #sciencefiction
L, Jack Gaughan, 1970; R, Jack Gaughan, 1969
#scifi #sciencefiction
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Editor Ejler Jakobsson (1911-1984) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, Jack Gaughan, 1970; R, Jack Gaughan, 1969
#scifi #sciencefiction
L, Jack Gaughan, 1970; R, Jack Gaughan, 1969
#scifi #sciencefiction
Reposted by Rachel Cordasco
Big thanks to Rachel Cordasco at sfintranslation.com for compiling a database of translated SFF works
Speculative Fiction in Translation – Your guide to speculative fiction from around the world
sfintranslation.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Big thanks to Rachel Cordasco at sfintranslation.com for compiling a database of translated SFF works
Many years ago, I wrote for Book Riot, and it was so much fun.
Here's a humorous critical analysis I wrote about the Very Hungry Caterpillar- I dare you to tell me that my analysis is wrong! 😂
bookriot.com/absolutely-s...
Here's a humorous critical analysis I wrote about the Very Hungry Caterpillar- I dare you to tell me that my analysis is wrong! 😂
bookriot.com/absolutely-s...
An Absolutely Serious Analysis of THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
A 100% serious analysis of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and its dangerous message.
bookriot.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Many years ago, I wrote for Book Riot, and it was so much fun.
Here's a humorous critical analysis I wrote about the Very Hungry Caterpillar- I dare you to tell me that my analysis is wrong! 😂
bookriot.com/absolutely-s...
Here's a humorous critical analysis I wrote about the Very Hungry Caterpillar- I dare you to tell me that my analysis is wrong! 😂
bookriot.com/absolutely-s...
Reposted by Rachel Cordasco
The artist Léon Benett sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/benett... died on this day, so here's some of his illustrations to Jules Verne's works: 1-3 for "Robur-le-Conquérant" (1886), 4 for "L'Archipel en Feu" (1884):
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The artist Léon Benett sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/benett... died on this day, so here's some of his illustrations to Jules Verne's works: 1-3 for "Robur-le-Conquérant" (1886), 4 for "L'Archipel en Feu" (1884):
#SFinTranslation coming out in 2026, so far:
from @valancourtbooks.bsky.social, @unnamedpress.bsky.social, @ndbooks.bsky.social, @coffeehousepress.bsky.social, and more
www.sfintranslation.com?page_id=15892
from @valancourtbooks.bsky.social, @unnamedpress.bsky.social, @ndbooks.bsky.social, @coffeehousepress.bsky.social, and more
www.sfintranslation.com?page_id=15892
December 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
#SFinTranslation coming out in 2026, so far:
from @valancourtbooks.bsky.social, @unnamedpress.bsky.social, @ndbooks.bsky.social, @coffeehousepress.bsky.social, and more
www.sfintranslation.com?page_id=15892
from @valancourtbooks.bsky.social, @unnamedpress.bsky.social, @ndbooks.bsky.social, @coffeehousepress.bsky.social, and more
www.sfintranslation.com?page_id=15892
Doing the final readthrough of Attila Veres's new collection, which features six novelettes, and it is brilliant. If you haven't preordered, what are you waiting for? Website preorders may ship before the end of 2025, even though the pub. date isn't till 2026. www.valancourtbooks.com/thisll-make-...
This'll Make Things a Little Easier
BOOK DETAILS Case laminate hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1954321939 List Price: $34.99 U.S. Pages: 220 Published: 2025
www.valancourtbooks.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Polish #SFinTranslation!
It’s official: indie booksellers can’t stop talking about Novel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's HOUSE OF DAY, HOUSE OF NIGHT—now a December Indie Next pick! 🤩
Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, this kaleidoscopic novel hits shelves on 12/2. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740347...
Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, this kaleidoscopic novel hits shelves on 12/2. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740347...
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Polish #SFinTranslation!
#SFinTranslation Out This Month:
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15981
science fiction, magical realism, and horror from Korea, Brazil, and Russia
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15981
science fiction, magical realism, and horror from Korea, Brazil, and Russia
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#SFinTranslation Out This Month:
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15981
science fiction, magical realism, and horror from Korea, Brazil, and Russia
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15981
science fiction, magical realism, and horror from Korea, Brazil, and Russia
#SFinTranslation Out Today:
The Jaguar's Roar by Micheliny Verunschk, tr from the Portuguese by Juliana Barbassa (from @liveright.bsky.social)
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
The Jaguar's Roar by Micheliny Verunschk, tr from the Portuguese by Juliana Barbassa (from @liveright.bsky.social)
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
The Jaguar's Roar
An American Booksellers Association's Indie Next Great Read (December 2025) The story of an Indigenous girl’s kidnapping during a colonial expedition intertwines with a young woman’s mode...
wwnorton.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#SFinTranslation Out Today:
The Jaguar's Roar by Micheliny Verunschk, tr from the Portuguese by Juliana Barbassa (from @liveright.bsky.social)
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
The Jaguar's Roar by Micheliny Verunschk, tr from the Portuguese by Juliana Barbassa (from @liveright.bsky.social)
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
Reposted by Rachel Cordasco
Announcing 2 of my 4 recent speculative translation sales, both coming out in 2026:
@santiagoeximeno.bsky.social's microfiction "Letters From a Dead Girl" in 'Dreams and Nightmares' magazine!
&
Armando Boix's novelette "The Sea's Decree" in Adventures BookZine!
#SFinTranslation
@santiagoeximeno.bsky.social's microfiction "Letters From a Dead Girl" in 'Dreams and Nightmares' magazine!
&
Armando Boix's novelette "The Sea's Decree" in Adventures BookZine!
#SFinTranslation
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Announcing 2 of my 4 recent speculative translation sales, both coming out in 2026:
@santiagoeximeno.bsky.social's microfiction "Letters From a Dead Girl" in 'Dreams and Nightmares' magazine!
&
Armando Boix's novelette "The Sea's Decree" in Adventures BookZine!
#SFinTranslation
@santiagoeximeno.bsky.social's microfiction "Letters From a Dead Girl" in 'Dreams and Nightmares' magazine!
&
Armando Boix's novelette "The Sea's Decree" in Adventures BookZine!
#SFinTranslation
Reposted by Rachel Cordasco
Tom Stoppard (1937-2025)
Tom Stoppard (1937-2025)
Playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, 88, died November 29, 2025 in Dorset, England. Stoppard was born as Tomáš Sträussler in Zlín, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic, on July 3, 1937. His …
locusmag.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Tom Stoppard (1937-2025)
Treating myself to a (6th? 7th?) re-read of Mann's Death in Venice. 📚❤️
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Treating myself to a (6th? 7th?) re-read of Mann's Death in Venice. 📚❤️
Reposted by Rachel Cordasco
In the mail: huge pile (11 titles) to nicely end the month (more than doubling the total number of review copies received in November ...). OK, I had already reviewed the Serner www.complete-review.com/reviews/aust... but great to see it now in translation.
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In the mail: huge pile (11 titles) to nicely end the month (more than doubling the total number of review copies received in November ...). OK, I had already reviewed the Serner www.complete-review.com/reviews/aust... but great to see it now in translation.
🗓️#SFinTranslation year in review🗓️
novels make up 86.4% of texts this year
collections make up 13.6%
novels make up 86.4% of texts this year
collections make up 13.6%
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
🗓️#SFinTranslation year in review🗓️
novels make up 86.4% of texts this year
collections make up 13.6%
novels make up 86.4% of texts this year
collections make up 13.6%
🗓️#SFinTranslation year in review🗓️
top 3 publishers:
New Directions - 6 (7.4%)
Honford Star, Two Lines Press - 4 (4.9%)
top 3 publishers:
New Directions - 6 (7.4%)
Honford Star, Two Lines Press - 4 (4.9%)
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
🗓️#SFinTranslation year in review🗓️
top 3 publishers:
New Directions - 6 (7.4%)
Honford Star, Two Lines Press - 4 (4.9%)
top 3 publishers:
New Directions - 6 (7.4%)
Honford Star, Two Lines Press - 4 (4.9%)
🗓️#SFinTranslation year in review🗓️
top 3 languages:
Spanish -16 texts (19.8%)
Korean - 10 (12.3%)
Japanese - 8 (9.9%)
top 3 languages:
Spanish -16 texts (19.8%)
Korean - 10 (12.3%)
Japanese - 8 (9.9%)
November 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🗓️#SFinTranslation year in review🗓️
top 3 languages:
Spanish -16 texts (19.8%)
Korean - 10 (12.3%)
Japanese - 8 (9.9%)
top 3 languages:
Spanish -16 texts (19.8%)
Korean - 10 (12.3%)
Japanese - 8 (9.9%)
🗓️#SFinTranslation year in review🗓️
top 3 countries:
Korea - 10 texts (12.3%)
Japan - 8 (9.9%)
Argentina - 7 (8.6)
top 3 countries:
Korea - 10 texts (12.3%)
Japan - 8 (9.9%)
Argentina - 7 (8.6)
November 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🗓️#SFinTranslation year in review🗓️
top 3 countries:
Korea - 10 texts (12.3%)
Japan - 8 (9.9%)
Argentina - 7 (8.6)
top 3 countries:
Korea - 10 texts (12.3%)
Japan - 8 (9.9%)
Argentina - 7 (8.6)
If you like vampire stories, well, you're in for a treat:
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15881
Japanese #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15881
Japanese #SFinTranslation
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you like vampire stories, well, you're in for a treat:
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15881
Japanese #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15881
Japanese #SFinTranslation
Reposted by Rachel Cordasco
New & Notable, November 2025
New & Notable, November 2025
Mona Awad, We Love You, Bunny (Marysue Rucci 9/25) A satirical fantasy novel of dark academia getting critical acclaim, this companion to Bunny finds the rich-girl Bunnies furious o…
locusmag.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New & Notable, November 2025
About 10 wild turkeys were wandering around on one of our main streets today. A few days before Thanksgiving. I'm not even kidding.
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
About 10 wild turkeys were wandering around on one of our main streets today. A few days before Thanksgiving. I'm not even kidding.
That time Haikasoru published ALL TEN books in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series in English ❤️📚
www.sfintranslation.com?p=11089
Japanese #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=11089
Japanese #SFinTranslation
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
That time Haikasoru published ALL TEN books in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series in English ❤️📚
www.sfintranslation.com?p=11089
Japanese #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=11089
Japanese #SFinTranslation
"Balle takes immense care to describe the loneliness of the few mortals doomed to change, grow, shrink, and die in a timeless world," notes critic Jack Rockwell. Read Rockwell’s review of ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME (BOOK III) here: wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
“Stranded in Time”: Memory and Repetition in Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) - Words Without Borders
One of the basic tricks of narrative writing is assigning multiple functions to details. Under the guise of plot, we get characterization. Apparent description begets foreshadowing. Readers, by now…
wordswithoutborders.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Still one of my favorites: BUG by Giacomo Sartori, tr from the Italian by Frederika Randall, from Restless Books!
www.sfintranslation.com?p=10408
Italian #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=10408
Italian #SFinTranslation
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Still one of my favorites: BUG by Giacomo Sartori, tr from the Italian by Frederika Randall, from Restless Books!
www.sfintranslation.com?p=10408
Italian #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=10408
Italian #SFinTranslation
“This naïve girl asked me to review her novel and told me straight up to write a negative piece. You must speak badly of it, she said. You have to say it’s obscene garbage.”
From Clelia Farris’s short story “Es and Is” (trans. Rachel Cordasco).
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
From Clelia Farris’s short story “Es and Is” (trans. Rachel Cordasco).
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Reposted by Rachel Cordasco
“Vanishing World is an extended rumination on nonconformity: what that means and how it plays out in societal and personal interactions.”
Erik R. Lofgren reviews the fourth title by Sayaka Murata to appear in English.
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
Erik R. Lofgren reviews the fourth title by Sayaka Murata to appear in English.
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
September 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Vanishing World is an extended rumination on nonconformity: what that means and how it plays out in societal and personal interactions.”
Erik R. Lofgren reviews the fourth title by Sayaka Murata to appear in English.
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
Erik R. Lofgren reviews the fourth title by Sayaka Murata to appear in English.
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...