Why We Need More Translated Speculative Fiction

I paid attention when Words Without Borders published We Need More Speculative Fiction in Translation  by Rachel Cordasco. I read Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem Series in prison as well as Russian fantasy. Americans are missing out on some good stuff. 

The article details where to find translated speculative fiction as well as this argument on why to read it:

Fiction, more than many other modes of cultural production, can help us overcome our insular tendencies and look beyond our borders to other traditions. In doing so, we can perhaps move closer to realizing that familiar yet elusive SF trope of a harmonious planet that never stops looking toward the stars.

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 3/9/22