Going to write a... nontraditional review of a book that's not even out yet, kind of...well, more about the book as part of a series that exists in time and space in a special way...stay tuned.

Two reports on the SF scene in other countries came out in @locusmag.bsky.social recently: Brazil and Bulgaria: locusmag.com/feature/sf-i... locusmag.com/feature/sf-i...

In a good translation, nothing is lost and so much is gained.

SF in Bulgaria locusmag.com/feature...

Top source languages for short-form #SFinTranslation that I've catalogued so far: Spanish (15.1%) French (9.8%) Chinese (8.4%) Japanese (8.3%) Italian (7.2%)

Somewhat surprisingly, I see that "Get Smart" aired (as: "Supermax, der Meisterspion") on German TV as early as 1967.

The Panel Suggestions Box for WisCon in 2027 is now open! Help WisCon reflect your feminist values in the speculative fiction realm by filling out this form once for each idea you have! The Suggestions Box closes on Halloween, 2026! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

2026 ESFS Awards Winners

Does ripping off strips of paper to mark important pages in a hardback book and then later writing down quotes in a journal mean that I'm "old fashioned"? Asking for a friend.

I have have rarely ever read an introduction to a book that has taken my brain and thrown it against the wall, juggled it, and then dribbled it on the floor and thrown it in the air again. In a good way? It's depressing, aggressive, and I'm only on page 18. Also it's fascinating.

One of the goals of the Small Planet #SFinTranslation magazine is to bring into the general sff conversation even just a basic knowledge of the craft of translation.

New episode! We discuss the new magazine SMALL PLANET (about SF translation), and two great movies: La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962) and Resurrection (Bi Gan, 2025). 101sf.blogspot.com/2026/07/lost...

We just did it again, Rachel. In fact, we review the whole first issue in our new episode, alongside our discussion of two subtitled movies! #SFinTranslation

We are so pleased to announce a new anthology project! Visit www.kickstarter.com/... or the link in our bio to get updates on the launch! We have some great rewards for backing and add-ons to your pledge. Be a part of something special!

2026 Deutscher Science Fiction Preis Finalists locusmag.com/2026/07...

Arthur Conan Doyle sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/doyle_... died on this day (7th), so here is some of the interior magazine artwork for his stories (Artist: A Forestier, Virgil Finlay, Paul Carrey and G Dutriac):

SO MUCH #SFinTranslation is coming out on October 13: www.sfintranslation.com/?page_id=15892

Really looking forward to read this advance copy of Horde in English. People have been recommending Damasio to me for awhile when I'm over in France.

Paul Kincaid on reviewing ttdlabyrinth.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/c...

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Gene Szafran, 1975; R, Richard Powers, 1957 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Author Ryū Mitsuse sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mitsus... died on this day, so here's some related artwork (couldn't identify the artists, though I think 1st is either Asyura-Ou or Moto Hagio):

This looks great, out in October and also from @uniwalespress.bsky.social www.uwp.co.uk/book/indian-...

Coming out in September ! My book about #SFinTranslation from over 40 languages from @uniwalespress.bsky.social www.uwp.co.uk/book/specula...

Here's my review of Bonomini's SLOW ELEPHANTS OF MILAN, tr Jordan Landsman, from @transitbooks.bsky.social #SFinTranslation from Argentina www.sfintranslation.com?p=17234

Writing my review of Ángel Bonomini's Slow Elephants of Milan, tr Jordan Landsman (@transitbooks.bsky.social) and I find that Landsman did an interview with LitHub in 2024 about translating Bonomini: lithub.com/the-secret-m... #SFinTranslation

For my birthday I want to get a customized shirt that says "Read SF in translation" in a bunch of languages, none of them English, which will force people to actually ask me what's written on my shirt, opening the door to a lecture on SFT 😎.

This looks useful: the Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscription Database www.trollbreath.com/sff-magazine...

putting this year's reviews (sa Bheurla agus sa Ghàidhlig!) in a thread:

New review: Sandy Wilson's 1950s 1920s musical, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑦 𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 www.complete-review.com/reviews/dram... Shelf-find here whose awful cover + proclamations I couldn't resist. Ken Russell ? (Had no idea about this film version.) 𝑇𝑤𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑦 ? 1972 list price for this pbk 25p, by the way.

Apparently it is National Poetry Day in Finland today. Very Welsh of them.

If you haven't yet read "Drive Your Plow," start with this excerpt on WWB (and then read the rest of it). wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Driving the kids around this summer is giving me ample opportunity to give them mini history lessons. Today's topic was the Spanish American War. Tomorrow, the Franco Prussian War.

New review: 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑠, by Klaus Modick www.complete-review.com/reviews/modd...

New acquisition! Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's One Billion Years to the End of the World (1976, trans. 2020) Science fiction in translation. Translated by Antonina W. Bouis. #scifi #sciencefiction

"SF in Brazil" @locusmag.bsky.social: locusmag.com/feature/sf-i... #worldsff

Translating to music, body-centered language, and finding the right project: ALTA member Zoë Perry speaks with In Other Words about translating EXEMPLARY HUMANS by Juliana Leite from Portuguese, published by Two Lines Press:

Franz Kafka sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kafka_... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (couldn't identify the artists, though I think the 4th is reused artwork)

SF in Brazil locusmag.com/feature...

Behold, links! This month's Wow! Signal has a smattering of insightful SFFH-related articles from around the web, as well as an "in case you missed it" for the last month at the Ancillary Review of Books:

Eurocon 2028 in Zagreb is now a thing. Congratulations @sferazg.bsky.social

One of the earliest collections of science fiction scholarship! Of Worlds Beyond: The Science of Science-Fiction Writing (1947). This edition is from 1964 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Listening to a bunch of Finnish writers complaining bitterly about having to decide what gender their characters are before they can be translated

𝔽𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪: 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕔𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤. I am organizing my personal library, finally able to assemble and shelve all my books in one place. Many have been in boxes for decades ... and I also have a lot of my parents' books to deal with. So, interesting odds and ends popping up .....

"We’re so glad you’re staying with us (even if the razor-winged magpies say otherwise; don’t listen to them)."

SLOW ELEPHANTS OF MILAN (@transitbooks.bsky.social) is a lyrical, haunting work of art, the stories precisely chiseled by someone for whom words are cherished objects. Time warps, space warps, yet the individual maintains their unique consciousness. #SFinTranslation from Argentina

‘When Fosse won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2023, he was often described in the press as a writer of a “minority language”, but just what that meant was often obscure to anyone outside of Norway.’ Damion Searls on translating Fosse and Nynorsk, a Norwegian language. granta.com/the-other-no...

Love receiving nice comments on the site! sciencefictionruminations.com

#SFinTranslation out in July: www.sfintranslation.com?p=17223 from @clarkesworldmagazine.com, @ndbooks.bsky.social, @commapress.bsky.social, @twistedspoon.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, and more!