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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 20h

Check out this work-in-progress piece from @johnpicacio.bsky.social for the hardover variant of the upcoming @locusmag.bsky.social Best SFF of the year anthology. Absolute Fire! I can't wait to see the colors. Graphite.

John PIcacio's composition for the Locus Best SFF of the year anthology. A woman's face looking up and to the right. Her face is lit brightly and her neck is in dark shadow. Where her hair would be, her portrain instead blends into the background giving the impression that her hair is a starfield or that she blends into her environment. The background is a motif of whorls reminiscent of nebulae, frothing liquid, and energy. There are planets, comet-like streaks across the sky, indistinct fantasy-like structures.

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kathryn raver 🦉 @kathrynraver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's International Translation Day, and I have a shiny website update where you can find my translation projects currently in need of homes! Currently on the docket: a multi-award winning SFF novel, a poetry collection, and some lovely queer eco-fic: ravertranslates.wordpress.com/current-proj...

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CURRENT PROJECTS

Here you can find a list of my current translation projects, some of which are currently in need of a home. Samples are available upon request – please don’t hesitate to reach out if an…

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wedding cake topper I made for my buds several years ago.

A hand holding up a small clay sculpture of two birds looking happy together on a branch. Front view.

A hand holding up a small clay sculpture of two birds looking happy together on a branch. Back view.

A hand holding up a small clay sculpture of two birds looking happy together on a branch. Side view

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For my new followers: I run the website Speculative Fiction in Translation www.sfintranslation.com, which tracks the latest SFT and posts reviews, news, interviews, lists, and a giant spreadsheet.

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Speculative Fiction in Translation – Your guide to speculative fiction from around the world

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I learned so much from "Out of This World" also by @rachelcordasco.bsky.social I'm very excited to get my hands on this!

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm excited about this upcoming #SFinTranslation: Ten Chinese SF authors were asked to imagine China 100 years after the Covid-19 pandemic. 10 authors and 8 translators swarming a common concept seems like an interesting case study!

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China + 100 | Comma Press

£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Lu Hang, Zhou Dedong, Ling Chen , Dan Shi , He Zun and others

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

check out the Punk Spec Fic bundle on itch!! includes the first Run With the Hunted and 23 other books. 24 books for $24! itch.io/b/3913/punk-... #booksky

Punk Spec Fic Book Bundle Graphic, bordered by 24 covers, with bright blue, purple, pink, orange background.

Text: Punk Spec Fic, 24 books for $24, Sept 20-30.

Books & Authors;
Walking the Knife's Edge (Sythe Series #1), Elise Carlson.

CyberSnow, A.E. Bross.

Memento Moreau. Conrad Altmann.

Sting of the Shore: Stories & Poems. Devan Barlow.

Visual Snow. L. B. Shimaira.

Snowstorm & Overgrowth, Claudie Arseneault.

Run With the Hunted, Jennifer R. Donohue.

The Thirteenth Hour, Trudie Skies.

Erosion, Mcburnell.

Broken Sky, Morgan K. Bell.

Aether Beyond the Binary, Duck Prints Press.

Woodspell, Kapeo Press.

The Daily To-Do List, Rob MacWolf.

The Neon Garden, Alina Lee.

The Red Hourglass - Slaves of the New World #1, Ashley Capes.

A Study on Magic and Crystals, May Barros.

The Diamond Device, Mhthaung.

A Place of Refuge Omnibus, Victoria Janssen.

Grave Cold, Shannon Knight.

Punk Means Cuddle, A. Lee Welles Fiction.

War of the Space Dragons (An Empire of Dragons Collection), L’Poni.

Black Sails to Sunward, Sheila Jenné.

Locker's Rebellion, Jesse Pohlman.

Netwalk, Joyce Reynolds Ward.

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Book friends! I am a freelance proofreader looking for more work. I have done a bunch of work with Tor, but I will happily also do nonfiction. Are you a publisher or self-pub author who needs a proofreader, or know one? Please DM. (Please boost for visibility, if you don't mind)

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There are a lot of people writing stories around the world. Not all of them are being placed in front of you. www.sfintranslation.com is a great resource and community and I've been eagerly awaiting the second issue of Small Planet!

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've been working to compile a bibliography of cyberpunk prose translated into English. Clumsily, but I'm learning. ISFDB has been a tremendous resource for this, because of course it has. I do wish the record structure supported translator credits as data. #SFinTranslation

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Any Indonesian->English translators someone can connect me with? #SFinTranslation

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

gitched sign + one of those pointless TikTok-style ads = unintentional cyberpunk at the Whole Foods

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

On an (as yet) unsuccessful quest to find a human translation of Ivan Adamovič's article (K)Anály kyberpunku, I stumbled across an English language retrospective of his describing the emergence of SF in Soviet-influenced Prague. "In the Grey Zone of Science Fiction"

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The Czech Zine Scene (Part 2): Science Fiction Fanzines — Pop Junctions

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In which I jump for joy and also drop from exhaustion because there's SO MUCH great #SFinTranslation out there to get one's head around: Essay: SFT Overload: www.sfintranslation.com?p=17348

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Essay: SFT Overload – Speculative Fiction in Translation

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I've been curious about non-English/international reactions to the Cyberpunk movement as it was unfolding in the US, so will hopefully post some fun observations as I make them for a time. The first comes from this Czech language magazine ("Ikarie"), November 1991.

The cover of the November 1991 Czech language magazine titled "Ikarie". It is a science fiction magazine, with some content descriptions in Czech on the cover. Examples include the word "Kyberpunk" with no context, and "William Gibson: Johny Mnemonic", which was translated into Czech and printed in this issue.

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I got to meet this crew and play their game at Origins (and was also lucky enough to see a great panel with art director @irenekaoru.bsky.social along with her colleagues from R.Talsorian and Neuroscapes). This is worth checking out!

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If anybody DARES tell you that, well, there probably isn't much #SFinTranslation out there, point them here: www.sfintranslation.com?page_id=11605

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SFT source language lists – Speculative Fiction in Translation

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I just became aware of @rachelcordasco.bsky.social's new zine "Small Planet" via @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org. She will be helping connect international works of SF to English language readers. The first issue has plenty of commentary on the meta of translating SF and I'm hyped for more!

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Issue #1: Small Planet: The SFT Magazine – Speculative Fiction in Translation

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Last week I was lucky to attend Origins where I listened to Winter Jaye discuss art direction for @rtalsoriangames.bsky.social Later I watched M.Pondsmith GM a CP Red game for actors from Edgerunners. Yesterday, this appeared on my porch, signed by both. My friends are thoughtful and sneaky!

A photo of a promotional quick start guide for the table top rpg "Cyberpunk Red". The cover is signed in silver ink by Mike Pondsmith (creator of Cyberpunk 2020 and founder of R.Talsorian Games) and Winter Jaye (Artistic Director for R.Talsorian Games).

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I appreciated that @thebookloft.bsky.social participated with a booth at Origins this year. I picked up Jared Shurin's "The Big Book of Cyberpunk". His inclusions are KILLER with many translated and otherwise new-to-me works, along with well-informed selections that give me confidence in the rest.

The front cover of an anthology titled "The Big Book of Cyberpunk" edited by Jared Shurin. The cover contains an image of an augmented cybernetic person's head and a callout box highlighting some of the included authors.

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Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Very tickled by this image of @marthawells.com reading The Murderbot Diaries to a very attentive audience at Texas A&M! (Image via her official site)

Martha Wells sits on a stool in a robotics lab, reading from her novel: The Murderbot Diaries. Surrounding her on the floor and tables are various search-and-rescue robots positioned as if they are attentively listening to her.

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