Thursday, February 02, 2012

2012 January World SF Releases

I'm attempting to build a database of World SF releases in English--and to a certain extent, work by POC (since there's overlap). This isn't a comprehensive list, so if you have any suggestions or corrections, feel free to comment (which is moderated) and I'll the recommendation to the final list at the end of the year.

To a certain extent--and there's something ironic in this--I'm basing the list on works first published in the US (when applicable) so these should theoretically qualify for next year's Hugo and Nebula Awards. For translated work, only new translations are included (these don't necessarily qualify for the Hugo).

Novels (40,000 words or more)
Anthologies
  • Three Messages and a Warning edited by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo and Chris N. Brown (see Short Stories below)
  • The Weird edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (US eBook now available, US print in May; previously released in 2011 in the UK; see Short Stories and Novella below)
  • Diaspora Ad Astra edited by Joseph F. Nacino (see Short Stories below)
Novella (17,500 ~ 40,000 words)
  • Interim Goddess of Love by Mina V. Esguerra (eBook)
  • "The Other Side of the Mountain" by Michel Bernanos, translated by Gio Clairval (The Weird)
Novelette (7,500 ~ 17,500 words)
Short Stories
  • "The Last Summer" by Ken Liu
  • "What Everyone Remembers" by Rahul Kanakia
  • "Scattered Along the River of Heaven" by Aliette de Bodard
  • "The Stoker Memorandum" by Lavie Tidhar
  • "Birth Story" by Joyce Chng
  • "Remains of the Witch" by Tony Pi
  • "Story with Pictures and Conversation" by Brontops Baruq, translated by Christopher Kastensmidt
  • "Endless Life" by Nadia Bulkin (Phantasmagorium #2)
  • "Under a Mount of Earth" by Celestine Trinidad
  • "The Tower And The Kite" by Matthew Jacob F. Ramos
  • "Recognizing Gabe: un cuento de hadas" by Alberto Yáñez
  • "Cosmic Love" by Harry Markov
  • "Clay, Cast, Cats" by TCA Lakshmi Narasimhan
  • "Maxwell's Demon" by Ken Liu (Fantasy and Science Fiction January/February 2012)
  • "The Guest" by Amparo Davila, translated by Anna Guercio (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Murillo Park" by Agustin Cadena, translated by C.M. Mayo (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "The Hour of the Fireflies" by Karen Chacek, translated by Michael J. Deluca (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Waiting" by Iliana Estañol, translated by Joanna Tilley (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Hunting Iguanas" by Hernan Lara Zavala, translated by Eduardo Jimenez Mayo (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "1965" by Edmee Pardo, translated by Lesly Betancourt-Gonzalez (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Variation on a Theme of Coleridge" by Alberto Chimal, translated by Chris N. Brown (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Photophobia" by Mauricio Montiel Figueiras, translated by Jen Hofer (The Weird)
  • "The Last Witness to Creation" by Jesus Ramirez Bermudez, translated by Eduardo Jimenez Mayo (The Weird)
  • "Rebellion" by Queta Navagomez, translated by Rebecca Huerta (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Future Perfect" by Gerardo Sifuentes, translated by Chris N. Brown (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Luck Has Its Limits" by Beatriz Escalante, translated by Stephen Jackson (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "The Stone" by Donaji Olmedo, translated by Emily Eaton (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Trompe-l’œil" by Monica Lavin, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Lions" by Bernardo Fernandez, translated by Chris N. Brown (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "A Pile of Bland Desserts" by Yussel Dardon, translated by Osvaldo de la Torre (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Amalgam" by Amelie Olaiz, translated by Armando Garcia (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "The Nahual Offering" by Carmen Rioja, translated by Emily Eaton (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Pachuca Second Street" by Lucia Abdo, translated by Emily Eaton (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Wittgenstein's Umbrella" by Oscar de la Borbolla, translated by Sara Gilmore (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Mannequin" by Esther M. Garcia, translated by Chris N. Brown (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Mr. Strogoff" by Guillermo Samperio, translated by Steve Vasquez Dolph (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "The Mediator" by Ana Gloria Alvarez Pedrajo, translated by Anisia Rodriguez (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "The Pin" by Leo Mendozza, translated by Armando Garcia (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Nereid Future" by Gabriela Damian Miravete, translated by Michael J. Deluca (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Pink Lemonade" by Liliana V. Blum, translated by Toshiya Kamei (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "The Return of the Night" by Rene Roquet, translated by Armando Garcia (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Three Messages and a Warning in the Same Email" by Ana Clavel, translated by Elsy Jackson (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "The President without Organs" by Pepe Rojo, translated by Chris N. Brown (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "The Transformist" by Horacio Senties Madrid, translated by Eduardo Jimenez Mayo and Jose Alejandro Flores (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "The Drop" by Claudia Guillen, translated by Leah Leone (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "Wolves" by Jose Luis Zarate, translated by Bernardo Fernandez and Chris N. Brown (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • "The Infamous Juan Manuel" by Bruno Estañol, translated by Anisia Rodriguez (Three Messages and a Warning)
  • “The Dissection” by Georg Heym, translated by Gio Clairval (The Weird)
  • “The Vegetable Man" by Luigi Ugolini, translated by Anna and Brendan Connell (The Weird)
  • "Mister Taylor" by Augusto Monterroso, translated by Larry Nolen (The Weird)
  • "Axolotl" by Julio Cortazar, translated by Gio Clairval (The Weird)
  • "The Ghoulbird" by Claude Seignolle, translated by Gio Clairval (The Weird)
  • "Oplan Sanction" by Alexander Marcos Osias
  • "Ina Dolor's Last Stand"  by Raymond P. Reyes
  • "The Cost of Living" by Vince Torres
  • "A List of Things We Know" by Isabel Yap
  • "The Keeper" by Audrey Rose Villacorta
  • "Ashes/////Embers" by Dannah Ruth S. Ballesteros
  • "Rizal" by Eliza Victoria
  • "Gene Rx" by Katya Oliva-Llego
  • "Robots and a Slice of Pizza" by Raydon L. Reyes
  • "Lucky" by Raven Guerrero
  • "Space Enough and Time" by Anne Lagamayo
  • "Taking Gaia" by Celestine Trinidad

4 comments:

banzai cat said...

dude, DAA has a different guest editor. thanks. :-)

Charles said...

Who's the editor? Nothing labeled on your site...

...also nothing on the bio of your contributors...

banzai cat said...

Professor Emil Flores. He's on the cover of the antho plus I mention him in the intro. ;-)

Christopher Kastensmidt said...

Charles,

Thanks so much for the shout out for "Story with Pictures and Conversation". The Hydra Competition has been a huge boost for the Brazilian SF community, and every mention counts.

Best,
Christopher