tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post7155562033503621792..comments2024-02-14T01:50:56.112-06:00Comments on The OF Blog: Forget the incessant bickering about Anglo-American spec fic awards. I'm curious about non-Anglophone "Best of 2011" releasesLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-55529749916204694642012-04-05T13:50:02.891-05:002012-04-05T13:50:02.891-05:00Tudor,
Thanks so much for those links! I can und...Tudor,<br /><br />Thanks so much for those links! I can understand some Romanian with difficulty (I do have a bilingual dictionary), so I very well may check those out in the coming weeks. Again, thanks :DLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-39897532063100523342012-04-05T12:16:16.222-05:002012-04-05T12:16:16.222-05:00Hello Larry,
I’m one of your faithful readers fro...Hello Larry,<br /><br />I’m one of your faithful readers from Romania; I’m greatly enjoying your posts on this blog, on Gogol’s Overcoat (there is almost a Gogol cult in Romania :) ) and on Weird Review.<br /><br />So, one of the most important literary awards in Romania are those given by a cultural magazine “Observatorul Cultural”. This is the shortlist for 2011 (the links are for the ebooks Romanian version) :<br />•Magda Cârneci, FEM<br />http://www.elefant.ro/ebooks/fictiune/literatura-romana/literatura-romana-contemporana/fem-171543.html<br />•Marta Petreu, Acasă, pe Cîmpia Armaghedonului<br />http://www.elefant.ro/ebooks/fictiune/literatura-romana/literatura-romana-contemporana/acasa-pe-campia-armaghedonului-159288.html<br />•Octavian Soviany, Viaţa lui Kostas Venetis<br />http://www.elefant.ro/ebooks/fictiune/literatura-romana/literatura-romana-contemporana/viata-lui-kostas-venetis-159183.html<br />•Stelian Tănase, Moartea unui dansator de tango<br />•Lucian Dan Teodorovici, Matei Brunul - winner<br />http://www.elefant.ro/ebooks/fictiune/literatura-romana/literatura-romana-contemporana/matei-brunul-159167.html<br />•Alexandru Vlad, Ploile amare - winner<br /><br />Even if it is much older than 2011, I can recommend to you – Dimineata pierduta (translated as Wasted Morning) by Gabriela Adamesteanu – one of the most important novel’s from the Romania’s under communism period.<br />•ebook Romanian version<br />http://www.elefant.ro/ebooks/fictiune/literatura-romana/literatura-romana-contemporana/opere-i-dimineata-pierduta-160173.html<br />•dead-tree book English version with an excellent review by Liviu Suciu<br />http://www.amazon.com/Wasted-Morning-Novel-Gabriela-Adamesteanu/dp/0810126370/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333643691&sr=8-1<br /><br />Probably the most awarded Romanian novel in the last three years (including 2011) was Cartea Soaptelor (The Book of Whispers) by Varujan Vosganian, about the soul of Armenians in the 20th Century<br />•ebook Romanian version<br />http://www.elefant.ro/ebooks/fictiune/literatura-romana/literatura-romana-contemporana/cartea-soaptelor-158088.html#!prettyPhoto<br />•Spanish version<br />http://www.amazon.es/libro-los-susurros-Narrativa-Contemporanea/dp/8492913843/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333642110&sr=8-1<br /><br />A genre writer that I would recommend is Marian Coman, but you already read “Fingers and other fantastic stories” and Doru Stoica with Intre Bariere (Between the Barriers) – ebook Romanian version -http://www.elefant.ro/ebooks/fictiune/literatura-romana/literatura-romana-contemporana/intre-bariere-170027.html<br /><br />Best regards<br />TudorTudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547122402523530060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-22838554296169018522012-04-05T01:55:46.051-05:002012-04-05T01:55:46.051-05:00Sure! I'm linking by the editor they all have...Sure! I'm linking by the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Erick%20Santos%20Cardoso" rel="nofollow">editor</a> they all have in common.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-40914767986515731992012-04-04T23:23:07.209-05:002012-04-04T23:23:07.209-05:00Could you direct me to some of the stories by Braz...Could you direct me to some of the stories by Brazillian/Portuguese writers now avaliable at amazon that you mentioned? I can speak a bit of Portuguese and would love to check out their work...Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511327186979724348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-83286728022074700252012-04-02T22:32:47.271-05:002012-04-02T22:32:47.271-05:00The was a book in Russian - one of the 'Big Bo...The was a book in Russian - one of the 'Big Book' award finalists in 2009 - "Dom v kotorom..." by Mariam Petrosyan. <br /><br />It definitely can be classified as weird fiction, and people who are at home with weird usually love it. It's also quite long, so by the end of it you won't need a dictionary anymore.<br /> <br />e-book is available everywhere -> here, for instance:<br />http://reeed.ru/lib/books/dom_v_kotorom_/ (I paid about $50 for the hardcover version.)Next Fridaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-76306393297673146342012-04-02T18:49:06.678-05:002012-04-02T18:49:06.678-05:00Contemporary German speculative fiction is a mess....Contemporary German speculative fiction is a mess. Utterly forgettable.Ludwig Vannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-73129773117636155812012-04-02T14:42:12.140-05:002012-04-02T14:42:12.140-05:00Aliette,
Rêves de Gloire looks very, very promisi...Aliette,<br /><br /><i>Rêves de Gloire</i> looks very, very promising based on the description I read of it. I went ahead and placed an order. Might take a month and cost me $40, but I think it'll be worth it :D<br /><br />Rob,<br /><br />I was going to be checking that shortly, but it is a good resource. I'm just hoping to get more than just shortlisted titles, like those who might be up for consideration later in the year and so forth. One can never have too many recommendations or books to be read :DLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-33110130968758995972012-04-02T14:28:26.634-05:002012-04-02T14:28:26.634-05:00This might be helpful:
SF Awards WatchThis might be helpful:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?page_id=3" rel="nofollow">SF Awards Watch</a>RobBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014122096561992311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-74488279602119753882012-04-02T14:12:49.049-05:002012-04-02T14:12:49.049-05:00I'm not plugged into the French scene, but Rol...I'm not plugged into the French scene, but Roland C Wagner's Rêves de Gloire is highly spoken of (picked up a few awards already, and is being shortlisted for more). It's an alternate history in which de Gaulle dies and Algeria remains French (it's also about music and a lot of other things besides, hard book to summarise). <br />http://www.l-atalante.com/catalogue/la_dentelle_du_cygne/reves_de_gloire/48/698/roland_c_wagner/detail.htmlAliette de Bodardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797816958842382821noreply@blogger.com