„There are european SFs, fandoms, publishers, etc. that do not really think that the european market and other SFs and fandoms are worthing their interest, time and effort.” – Mihaela Marija Perković Cristian Tamaș : What’s your opinion on the new ESFS Board ? Is it a feminine or feminist ESFS Board with a male [...]
Here are some interesting announcements for July. First we have to mention the publication of the second volume of “Hropt’s Thousand Years” (Тысяча лет Хрофта) entitled “Hedin, Young Magus” (Молодой маг Хедин) by Nik Perumov. It’s the sequel of the “Twilight of the Gods”, one of the main novels that made Perumov famous. At [...]
The Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F Translation (ARESFFT) announced the finalists for the 2013 Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards (for works published in 2012) at Finncon 2013. The nominees were announced at Finncon 2013 in Helsinki, over the weekend of July 6-7 during a discussion about international science fiction. [...]
“Since ideas circulate more rapidly than technology, countries throughout Latin America, even those without the strong industrial bases of the global North, could still imagine technological change, alternate futures, and utopian societies.” – M. Elizabeth Ginway Dear Prof. Ginway, thank you for accepting this interview ! You are welcome ! Let me know when it [...]
The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards by Locus: The magazine of the science fiction & fantasy field, a monthly based in Oakland, California, USA. The award winners are selected by poll of magazine readers. Currently the Awards are presented at an annual banquet. Winners were announced during the Locus Awards Weekend [...]
The Anthology of European Speculative Fiction, edited by Cristian Tamaş and Roberto Mendes (a cooperation between International Speculative Fiction and Europa SF) had been reviewed in “Strange Horizons”, SF Crowsnest.com and “The Page of Reviews”. The reviews’ authors, Katherine Farmar, Gareth D.Jones, Adam Shaftoe had noticed the necessity and utility of collecting and the launching [...]
Cristian Tamaș : What’s your opinion on the new ESFS Board ? Is it a feminine or feminist ESFS Board with a male minority ? Putting ladies in charge equates automatically with “problem is solved” ? Debora Montanari : I do not think so, the names are not enough to make a difference. Need confidence [...]
