Monday, June 6, 2011

Translated Science Fiction 2006-2010 - French


This represents a partial list of translated science fiction orgionally writen in french. Its authors are largely french, although at least one on this list is Quebecois. More entries may be added at a later date as more work gets done on the list. An oddity of french science fiction published in the last 5 years is the prevalence of reprinted works of classic French science fiction and proto science fiction. Brian Stableford and Black Coat Press deserve large credit for this, having published numerous titles during the time period covered. Brian Stableford will be presented with the ARESFFT Special Award for Services to Translation for his efforts at the upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards.

Novels


Arnaud, G.-J. The Ice Company, (La Compagnie des Glaces, 1980). trans. by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2010

Balzac, Honoré de. The Centenarian, or, The two Beringhelds. trans. by Daniele Chatelain and George Slusser. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 2006

Bérard, Sylvie. Of wind and sand (Terre des autres, 2007) trans. by Sheryl Curtis. Calgary: Edge Science Fiction and fantasy Publishing, 2009
Categories: First Contact, Colonization, Culture Clash, Space Exploration, Survival

Caroff, André. The terror of Madame Atomos. trans. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2010

Dantec,Maurice G. Babylon babies (Babylon babies, 1999). trans. by Noura Wedell. New York: Del Ray,2008
Categories: Cyborgs, Genetic

Dantec, Maurice G. Grand junction(Grande jonction). trans. by Tina A. Kover. New York: Ballantine, Del Ray, 2009
Categories: Dystopia

Defontenay, C I. Star: (psi Cassiopeia): The marevelous history of one of the worlds of outer space adapted [revised English translation] by P.J. Sokolowski. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2007

Féval, Paul.Felifax (Félifax). trans., anno., and intro. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA; Black Coat Press,2007
Houellebecq, Michel. The possibility of an island (La possibilité d'une île, 2005). trans. by Gavin Bowd. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006

Le Rouge, Gustave. The Vampires of Mars(Prisonnier de la planète Mars/La guerre des vampires, 1908/1909). trans. anno. and intro. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA; Black Coat Press 2008

Renard, Maurice. The Blue Peril (Péril bleu) trans., anno., and intro. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coar Press, 2010

Robida,Albert. The clock of the centuries (Jadis chez aujourd'hui, 1902). trans. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2008
Categories: Time travel

Rosny, J -H.The Navigators of Space: and other alien Encounters (Navigateurs de l'infini). trans. anno. and intro. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press,2010
Categories: Aliens

Rosny,J -H. The mysterious force : and other anomalous phenomena. trans., anno., and intro. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2010
Note: Consists of three bound novels.

Valtat Jean-Christophe. Aurorarama (2009). New York: Melville House, 2010
Categories: Steampunk
Note: Not a translation, the book was simultaneously written in English and French. I have included it because of its place at the border between styles, languages, and futures.

Varlet, Théo and Joncquel,Octave. The Martian epic : The Titans of the heavens (Épopée martienne, 1996). translated by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2008

Verne, Jules. The meteor hunt: La chasse au météore : the first English translation of Verne's original manuscript (La chasse au météore). trans. and ed. by Frederick Paul Walter & Walter James Miller. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006

Short fiction collections



Châteaureynaud, Georges-Olivier.A Life On Paper: Stories (1976-2005). trans. by Edward Gauvin. Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press, 2010

Level, Maurice. Stories of fear and fascination: the fiction of Maurice Level. edited by John Robert Colombo. Shelburne, Ont: Battred Silicon

Renard, Maurice. A Man Among The Microbes (Homme chez les microbes). trans., anno. and intro. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2010

Renard, Maurice. Doctor Lerne, sub-god (Docteur Lerne, sous-dieu). trans., anno., and intro. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2010

Renard, Maurice. The doctored man : and other stories. trans., anno., and intro. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA; Black Coat Press, 2010

Rosny, J -H. The world of the variants : and other strange lands. trans., anno., and intro. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2010

Stableford, Brian, ed. News from the moon : nine proto-science fiction tales. trans., anno., and intro. by Brian Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2007

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