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@arn99.bsky.socialQuick #booksky delivery post before I pop out doing the big shop ™
Using the code from @scifiscavenger.bsky.social, cheers John, I picked up these 3 Best of World SF collections, and this 30th anniversary edition of Mythago Wood.
All from Scifier website
#scifi #SF and lots of #SFinTranslation
@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialLet's GO!!!!!!!!
Danish #SFinTranslation from @ndbooks.bsky.social
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@kdsbooks.bsky.socialGlancing through my shelves I am reminded of this Hungarian fiction translated into English: The novelisation of the first movie to feature Dracula, in 1921, and was an Hungarian silent film.
Any relationship to Bram Stoker’s story is basically zero though.
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@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialIncludes a review of The Blue Book of Nebo-
Welsh #SFinTranslation
@hinsemutter.bsky.socialTranslating poetry of mine from English to Dutch. It's always a struggle when one language has multiple words for a thing where the other has only one.
'bait' and 'lure' both translate to (lok)aas in Dutch. So I ended up just scrapping a whole sentence 😅
@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialFascinating...by the mid-1970s, Mark Purcell was shifting the International Scene section in Luna Monthly from a collection of news items to reviews of #SFinTranslation.
@rachelcordasco.bsky.social"What western languages like French provide is a way-station for international sf going both east and west."
- Mark Purcell, "SF in French," Luna Monthly, December 1971
@rachelcordasco.bsky.social#SFinTranslation as an area of interest is so contradictory - on the one hand, it's very niche. On the other hand, have you SEEN my spreadsheet? There's SO MUCH SFT, I've barely scratched the surface.
@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialHaving so much fun just reading these translated French SF novels from the 60s and 70s- not writing long reviews, just reading to enjoy and planning to put together a post with short synopses and an overview.
French #SFinTranslation
@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialThis was part of a multi-issue discussion about world SF and awards. With input from all over the world. In 1970. That decade was really something for #worldSF and #SFinTranslation. (See Japan's world SF conference & the creation of the World SF organization).
@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialLuna Monthly was talking about international sf awards 6 years before the formation of the World SF organization...keeps pushing the timeline earlier!
@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialNext up:
French #SFinTranslation
@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialLuna Monthly 👏👏❤️❤️👏👏
Writing an "International Scene" month after month. Before the internet. I am humbled and impressed.
@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialApparently Luna Monthly had a special section in their magazine in the 70s devoted to "the International Scene"!
@bogiperson.bsky.socialOh wow, I need this in my life! Looks #SFinTranslation relevant too!
@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialIt transitioned very quickly from a time-travel thriller to a psychological novel about freedom and humanity's place in the universe...
French #SFinTranslation
@rachelcordasco.bsky.social#SFinTranslation out today from @twolinespress.com :
@rachelcordasco.bsky.socialI did a quick search for "blood" in the "SFT out in 2026" page and...there's a lot of blood, you guys.🤔