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The Podcast from Science Fiction in San Francisco – A perfect fit. Located in the City, we host a monthly series of author readings from the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and genre literary fields, hosted by Terry Bisson. In partnership with the Balboa Theatre, we also host a monthly movie, the last Wed. of the month.
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SF in Translation is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror podcast dedicated to the exploration of the translation of speculative fiction. Each episode features news and interviews about translated works and the job of translation. SF in Translation is part of The Skiffy and Fanty Show podcast network. If you want to find out more about us and our other shows, go to skiffyandfanty.com.
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A couple of SF bachelors on a quest to find the women of their dreams.
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Ep. 35 - [Covid-19] Dating In SF
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The dating scene has clearly changed in SF with the arrival of the Covid-19 quarantine. However, dating is still alive and well! The Mikes discuss dating while in quarantine with Brendan, what it takes to be a "booty warrior," and...Mike's fiery hatred for Alton Brown & Guy Fieri. Enjoy, and keep dating safely!This Episode is brought to you by the …
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Ep. 34 - Stolen Episode II: Dating in SF Sucks, and This is Why
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Stolen Episode 2: That's right, this episode was originally stolen and thought to be lost forever. But alas! It has been reclaimed, and here for you to enjoy! In this episode, the Mikes discuss the Top SF Dating Complaints. PLUS adventures at gay bars, dates in other countries, and other assorted Mike shenanigans.This Episode is brought to you by t…
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November 2019: Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz
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This episode features two of the Bay Area’s most fascinating and entertaining authors, Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz, in conversation and Q&A with the audience, moderated by author and editor Terry Bisson.CHARLIE JANE ANDERS has written several novels. In 2005, she received the Lambda Literary Award for work in the transgender category, an…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #17: Science Fiction and Fairy Tales
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This month, Rachel and Daniel talk about the SFiT that came out in September and what they’re reading now. As Daniel points out, several of the short stories they discuss have some kind of fairy-tale element to them, leading the co-hosts to think about the interesting connections between that genre and science fiction. And while September’s short S…
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An Evening with Garth Nix, with readings from his new book, "Angle Mage," with Q&A moderated by Terry BissonRecorded Wednesday, October 2nd at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco.Garths Brooks is one of the most popular young adult novelists in the genre field. His books include the Old Kingdom fantasy series, comprising Sabriel, Lirae…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #16: Looking Back on the Summer’s SFT
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Rachel and Daniel return this month with a wide-ranging conversation about the SFT they’ve been reading/hearing about/wanting to read from the summer. While Rachel was reading Liu Cixin’s Supernova Era (tr. by Joel Martinsen), The Aayakudi Murders by Indra Soundar Rajan (tr. Nirmal Rajagopalan), and The Dreamed Part by Rodrigo Fresan (tr. Will Vand…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #15: An Interview with Julia Meitov Hersey
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This month, Rachel has a special guest on the podcast! Julia Meitov Hersey (@JuliaMeiHersey), who translated the psychological-fantasy-thriller Vita Nostra from the Russian, comes on to talk about how she first started translating the complex, lyrical work of Marina and Sergey Dyachenko (@DyachenkoW); what makes translating speculative fiction uniq…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #14: Biological and Artificial
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April brought us stories and books about the merging of the biological and artificial, zombification, organic routers, and much more. Plus we talk about what we’ve been reading, our favorite stories this month, and translations that we wish we could have yesterday. Remember: with new stories and books coming to their attention each week, make sure …
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #13: Spanish Sherlock Holmes
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March brings us Indonesian sci-fi about intergalactic love, Portuguese fantasy about a family’s terrible secrets, Italian sci-fi about what it means to be human, a story from the “Lost Files” of Sherlock Holmes, and much more. We also discuss the books we’re looking forward to later in 2019 and what we’d like to see in English in the future. Rememb…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #12: Fantasy, Collections, and Korean SFT
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February offered us more short fiction than anything else, though we did get the absolutely wonderful anthology of Chinese SFT edited and translated by Ken Liu: Broken Stars. In terms of the short fiction, fantasy dominated, with stories from the Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean. Rachel and Daniel also talk about the fiction they’…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #11: New Year, New Translations, plus Andy Dudak
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It’s a new year, and we have a lot of new and exciting SF in translation coming out. Chinese fantasy, Czech space opera, Argentine surrealism…Daniel and I tell you all about it. We also take a look back at November and December and briefly summarize what you might have missed when our beloved podcast took a brief wintry haitus. Daniel also talks ab…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #10: Iceland and Gothic Fantasy
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In this month’s episode, Rachel and Daniel make the most of a relatively-light SFT month, discussing the collections, stories, and reviews that came out in October. They also look ahead to the exciting wonderfulness that is November. The highly-acclaimed Icelandic novel, CoDex 1962, keeps coming up (probably because it’s as great as everyone says i…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #9: Co-Hosts and Anthologies
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This month’s episode is especially exciting because Rachel has a co-host now! Daniel Haeusser is a professor of biology and regular Skiffy and Fanty contributor. You’ll also know him from the monthly short SFT reviews that he writes for the SFT website. This episode is much longer than usual, but also more interesting, and Rachel and Daniel talk ab…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #8: Solarpunk, Nexhumans, and Ball Lightning
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This month’s episode is packed with info about the SFT from Algeria, Japan, Serbia, Italy, Brazil, Portugal, Russia, and China. It’s a vibrant mix of new books in a series, anthologies, novels, and stories, which I know you’ll enjoy. Plus, you can check out reviews of these and other stories around the internet. I also tell you about my current rea…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #7: Croatia, Quebec, and Condomnauts
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July brought us speculative stories, books, and collections translated from the Chinese, Spanish, Croatian, French, Finnish, Portuguese, and Swedish. So much great stuff! From post-apocalyptic science fiction to Swedish horror to magical realism from Quebec, you’ll have no problem finding excellent reading material. Plus, you can check out reviews …
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #6: Japan in June
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June, sweet June. It’s brought us two novel-length works of Japanese SFT, short fiction from the Chinese and Bengali, and a lot of reviews. This has also been a month of discussions about adding an SFT category to the Hugo Awards and Italian micro speculative fiction from over a dozen authors (featured on the SFT […]…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #5: Frankenstein, Future Fiction, and Wiscon
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May is absolutely filled to the brim with SFT. With five short stories, seven novels/collections, interviews, reviews, and more, you’ll never be at a loss for something to read. Rachel also talks about the SFT panel at Wiscon (the annual feminist science fiction convention in Madison, Wisconsin) and what she’s been reading and translating. And […]…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #4: Francesco Verso, Italy and Japan
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Italy and Japan dominate this week’s episode, which includes SFT updates for April and an interview with the very talented and very busy Italian author/editor/publisher Francesco Verso. Rachel fills you in on the Chinese, Italian, Korean, Dutch, French, and Spanish short SFT available in the past month, several novels, excerpts you can read online,…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #3: Ken Liu, Croatia, Catalonia
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In today’s episode, Rachel brings you some SFT updates from March AND an interview with the wonderful author/translator/editor Ken Liu! Rachel discusses all of the Catalan, Japanese, Polish, Chinese and Indonesian novels, short stories, and collections that dropped in March. Plus, she fills you in on some upcoming anthologies and some excellent ess…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #2: Biohorror and Dwarves
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In which Rachel fills you in on all of the SFT-related goodness since last month, including stories and novels out in February and March (February 14 – March 15), what Rachel’s currently reading and translating, and more. While February offered us slim-pickins, March gives us some great reads to look forward to, including Japanese biohorror […]…
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Speculative Fiction in Translation #1: Introductions
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The brand-new and sparkling Speculative Fiction in Translation podcast is here! In her 1st episode, Rachel introduces herself and talks about what to expect from the podcast throughout 2018. She also takes a quick look back at 2017 and its SFT riches and forward to the rest of 2018 and the novels/collections coming up. Episodes […]…
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