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.
If you like vampire stories, well, you're in for a treat:
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Japanese #SFinTranslation
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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
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Japanese #SFinTranslation
That time Haikasoru published ALL TEN books in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series in English ❤️📚
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Japanese #SFinTranslation
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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
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Japanese #SFinTranslation
Still one of my favorites: BUG by Giacomo Sartori, tr from the Italian by Frederika Randall, from Restless Books!
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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!
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Italian #SFinTranslation
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Italian #SFinTranslation
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Review: ARTIFICIAL TRUTH by J. M. Lee, tr. from the Korean by Sean Lin Halbert: www.sfintranslation.com?p=15651
Highly recommended
Review: ARTIFICIAL TRUTH by J. M. Lee, tr. from the Korean by Sean Lin Halbert: www.sfintranslation.com?p=15651
Highly recommended
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Review: ARTIFICIAL TRUTH by J. M. Lee, tr. from the Korean by Sean Lin Halbert: www.sfintranslation.com?p=15651
Highly recommended
Review: ARTIFICIAL TRUTH by J. M. Lee, tr. from the Korean by Sean Lin Halbert: www.sfintranslation.com?p=15651
Highly recommended
The inaugural "Rachel's Reflections (on SFT)":
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(This is my SFT bookcase, ain't it PURTY)
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(This is my SFT bookcase, ain't it PURTY)
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The inaugural "Rachel's Reflections (on SFT)":
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15646
(This is my SFT bookcase, ain't it PURTY)
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15646
(This is my SFT bookcase, ain't it PURTY)
(2/2)
THE CALF by Leif Høghaug, tr from the Norwegian by David M. Smith (@deepvellumbooks.bsky.social)
THE CALF by Leif Høghaug, tr from the Norwegian by David M. Smith (@deepvellumbooks.bsky.social)
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
(2/2)
THE CALF by Leif Høghaug, tr from the Norwegian by David M. Smith (@deepvellumbooks.bsky.social)
THE CALF by Leif Høghaug, tr from the Norwegian by David M. Smith (@deepvellumbooks.bsky.social)
#SFinTranslation out today (1/2):
THE WEEK OF COLORS by Elena Garro, tr from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (@twolinespress.com)
NOT YET GODS by Djuna, tr from the KoreanJihyun Park and Gord Sellar (@kayapress.bsky.social)
THE WEEK OF COLORS by Elena Garro, tr from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (@twolinespress.com)
NOT YET GODS by Djuna, tr from the KoreanJihyun Park and Gord Sellar (@kayapress.bsky.social)
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#SFinTranslation out today (1/2):
THE WEEK OF COLORS by Elena Garro, tr from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (@twolinespress.com)
NOT YET GODS by Djuna, tr from the KoreanJihyun Park and Gord Sellar (@kayapress.bsky.social)
THE WEEK OF COLORS by Elena Garro, tr from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (@twolinespress.com)
NOT YET GODS by Djuna, tr from the KoreanJihyun Park and Gord Sellar (@kayapress.bsky.social)
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My take on THE THOUSAND YEAR BEACH by Tobi Hirotaka (tr from the Japanese by Matt Treyvaud), from Haikasoru:
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November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My take on THE THOUSAND YEAR BEACH by Tobi Hirotaka (tr from the Japanese by Matt Treyvaud), from Haikasoru:
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www.sfintranslation.com?p=15552
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This was a fun review- from 2019
Asamatsu Ken's KTHULHU REICH, tr. Jim Rion (from Kurodahan)
Japanese #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=7085
Asamatsu Ken's KTHULHU REICH, tr. Jim Rion (from Kurodahan)
Japanese #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=7085
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This was a fun review- from 2019
Asamatsu Ken's KTHULHU REICH, tr. Jim Rion (from Kurodahan)
Japanese #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=7085
Asamatsu Ken's KTHULHU REICH, tr. Jim Rion (from Kurodahan)
Japanese #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=7085
#SFinTranslation Out This Month:
Clelia Farris, Jacek Dukaj, Djuna, and more!!!
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15459
Clelia Farris, Jacek Dukaj, Djuna, and more!!!
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November 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
#SFinTranslation Out This Month:
Clelia Farris, Jacek Dukaj, Djuna, and more!!!
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15459
Clelia Farris, Jacek Dukaj, Djuna, and more!!!
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15459
My thoughts on Fujisaki Shingo's CRYSTAL SILENCE (tr from the Japanese by Kathleen Taji) from Kurodahan, though I barely scratch the surface of this ambitious novel:
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Japanese #SFinTranslation
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Japanese #SFinTranslation
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My thoughts on Fujisaki Shingo's CRYSTAL SILENCE (tr from the Japanese by Kathleen Taji) from Kurodahan, though I barely scratch the surface of this ambitious novel:
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15462
Japanese #SFinTranslation
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Japanese #SFinTranslation
More Japanese #SFinTranslation! from Haikasoru
October 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
More Japanese #SFinTranslation! from Haikasoru
Looking for award-winning literary speculative fiction from Italy? Read Clelia Farris!
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October 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Looking for award-winning literary speculative fiction from Italy? Read Clelia Farris!
#SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=12475
#SFinTranslation
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October 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
October 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Stay on top of the latest #SFinTranslation available on the web: www.sfintranslation.com?p=14699
October 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Stay on top of the latest #SFinTranslation available on the web: www.sfintranslation.com?p=14699
YAAAAS! Finally getting back to Japanese science fiction, which is some of the best you'll ever read. Very excited to read this.
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#Kurodahan❤️
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#Kurodahan❤️
October 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
YAAAAS! Finally getting back to Japanese science fiction, which is some of the best you'll ever read. Very excited to read this.
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#Kurodahan❤️
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#Kurodahan❤️
#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
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
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#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
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
October 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So much #SFinTranslation out this month! 1 short story in @clarkesworldmagazine.com, 3 collections, and 8 novels!
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15303
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15303
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
So much #SFinTranslation out this month! 1 short story in @clarkesworldmagazine.com, 3 collections, and 8 novels!
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15303
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15303
Korean #SFinTranslation out next August:
A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-young, tr by Sophie Bowman, from @torbooks.bsky.social
"Visionary Korean author Kim Bo-young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination."
A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-young, tr by Sophie Bowman, from @torbooks.bsky.social
"Visionary Korean author Kim Bo-young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination."
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Korean #SFinTranslation out next August:
A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-young, tr by Sophie Bowman, from @torbooks.bsky.social
"Visionary Korean author Kim Bo-young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination."
A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-young, tr by Sophie Bowman, from @torbooks.bsky.social
"Visionary Korean author Kim Bo-young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination."
#SFinTranslation out yesterday:
The Event by Juan José Saer, tr from the Spanish by Helen R. Lane, @openletterbooks.bsky.social
Archipelago of the Sun by Yoko Tawada, tr from Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani, @ndbooks.bsky.social Directions
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15161
The Event by Juan José Saer, tr from the Spanish by Helen R. Lane, @openletterbooks.bsky.social
Archipelago of the Sun by Yoko Tawada, tr from Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani, @ndbooks.bsky.social Directions
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15161
September 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#SFinTranslation out yesterday:
The Event by Juan José Saer, tr from the Spanish by Helen R. Lane, @openletterbooks.bsky.social
Archipelago of the Sun by Yoko Tawada, tr from Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani, @ndbooks.bsky.social Directions
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15161
The Event by Juan José Saer, tr from the Spanish by Helen R. Lane, @openletterbooks.bsky.social
Archipelago of the Sun by Yoko Tawada, tr from Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani, @ndbooks.bsky.social Directions
www.sfintranslation.com?p=15161
#SFinTranslation so far this year:
23% are translated from the Spanish
85.7% are novels
11.4% texts are from Japan
23% are translated from the Spanish
85.7% are novels
11.4% texts are from Japan
September 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#SFinTranslation so far this year:
23% are translated from the Spanish
85.7% are novels
11.4% texts are from Japan
23% are translated from the Spanish
85.7% are novels
11.4% texts are from Japan