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9 Great Books of SFF in Translation

By John Folk-Williams

Frankenstein in Baghdad - SFF in translation

Anticipating reading resolutions for next year, one is definitely to review more SFF in translation. Over the past couple of years of blogging, I’m appalled to see that I’ve only reviewed nine translated works, though each of these is a masterpiece in its own way. If I were to include all the international SFF I’ve […]

Filed Under: Favorite SFF, Science Fiction in Translation Tagged With: Ahmed Saadawi, Bruno Schulz, Clelia Farris, Dino Buzzati, Francesco Verso, Mohamed Kheir, Olga Tokarczuk, Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli, Stanisław Lem

Nexhuman by Francesco Verso

By John Folk-Williams

Nexhuman by Francesco Verso

Nexhuman by Francesco Verso brilliantly blends the story of a young man’s obsessive love for a transhuman being with a vivid depiction of a consumerist society strangling on its own trash. Skillfully translated by Sally McCorry, the novel poses powerful questions about what it means to be human. We see this world through the eyes […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Science Fiction in Translation Tagged With: Francesco Verso, Frankenstein, immortality, love, Nexhuman, society, transhuman

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