Of and about translated speculative fiction
March 29, 2017 5:04 PM   Subscribe

The inaugural issue of Samovar, a quarterly magazine of and about speculative fiction in translation, has been published, "in which: two sisters create an imagined world where things that are lost can be found. A despot is forced to see the truth he's tried to hide from. An academic finds poetry, science fiction and reality beginning to merge. And the Curiosity Rover turns its gaze on Mars."
posted by mixedmetaphors (4 comments total) 41 users marked this as a favorite
 
I love that they included both the originals and translated versions, even if I could only read the English ones for this issue. (I wonder if future issues will have other languages?)

Wither and Blossom in particular was beautiful; thank you for sharing.
posted by lesser weasel at 7:14 PM on March 29, 2017 [1 favorite]


Thanks. I'm not sure if they accept submissions. I may even try a bilingual one and see if I'm any good.
posted by runcifex at 11:15 PM on March 29, 2017


I like Wither and Blossom too, lesser weasel. It reminds me of Astrid Lindgren's more heartbreaking stories. I'll have to look out for more stories by Suvi Kauppila.
posted by Kattullus at 3:25 AM on March 30, 2017


Oh, that's super neat. Going to save it for reading on a long plane ride over the weekend - thank you for sharing!
posted by Stacey at 8:42 AM on March 30, 2017


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