by Andy Dudak | Jan 9, 2017 | Articles
Early in the process of my first translation for Clarkesworld, I wrestled with the issue of the protagonist’s name. Wu Kong（悟空）, ‘Awakened to Nothingness,’ was the religious name given to the Monkey King by his first master, perhaps to imbue the headstrong creature...
by Priya Sharma | Jan 9, 2017 | Articles
I love myths. I make no bones about it. Be it Greek, Hindu or Nordic, it offers us gods; superheroes that can fly, shape-shift, wield immense weapons and control the elements. Except they’re not super. They’re fallible, flawed beings, as subject to love, jealousy,...
by Isha Karki | Jan 9, 2017 | Articles, Reviews
Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (2016) opens with editor Ken Liu’s discussion of the limiting nature of comparative categories such as ‘Chinese science fiction’ or ‘science fiction written in English.’ I believe it is important,...
by Gautam Bhatia | Jan 6, 2017 | Articles, Reviews
In recent years, India has become a somewhat unlikely site of a particular kind of speculative fiction novel. Mid-2014 saw the publication of Monica Byrne’s The Girl in the Road, featuring an Indian protagonist and a journey across a bridge that spanned the Indian...
by Shaoyan Hu | Jan 4, 2017 | Articles
During Eurocon 2016 (aka. BCon) in Barcelona, I met Francesco Verso, founder and editor of Future Fiction, a speculative fiction publishing house based in Rome, Italy. Francesco is enthusiastic about promoting the science fiction from outside the English speaking...
by Regina Kanyu Wang | Nov 2, 2016 | Articles
With the success of Cixin Liu’s Three-Body trilogy, and the launch of Ken Liu’s Invisible Planets this week, the interest in Chinese Science Fiction is bound to grow. This short history of the long march of Chinese SF by Regina Kanyu Wang provides an insider’s account...
