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A love letter to Speculative Fiction epicureans everywhere.

FEATURING:

Olga Ravn

Juhani Karila

Maru Ayase

If you grew up on steady provisions of Margaret Atwood, Mary Shelley, Margaret Cavindish’s The Blazing World, and Larry Niven’s Ringworld (albeit controversial); on the Mythics, the Gothics, Low Fantasies and the Slice-of-Life-Sci-Fi (a personal favorite) but also enjoy the occasional Literary Analog Horror, the language of Speculative Fiction has got the right tincture for your soul.

The ever-expansive world of Speculative fiction is brimming with hidden gems, off-shoot niches, and worlds that want exploring. Translated speculative works are a bridge to such woven worlds, where culture connects with language and how the language of such fiction writing has evolved over time.

Join us in a discussion about Spec fics—the translated kind – and why we need more of them. Fiction enthusiast Farhan Islam will be speaking with authors Olga Ravn, Juhani Karila, and Maru Ayase for this year's World Literature Festival.