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Originally Posted by queentess
Why would it surprise an American that other countries (and languages) produce good SF/F? (The U.K. is leading the SF/F world right now, though I see that below this post you corrected it to be "authors outside the US/UK".) However, as English is the only language I read well enough to really comprehend, I only read books that have been written in/translated to English.
I don't consider myself widely read in SF/F, only getting into it a few years ago, but I've read more on that list than I expected to have read. Many I didn't realize were translations. Neverending Story, Battle Royale (the names in this one gave it away as a translation), the Nightwatch series, Solaris. Many of the UK authors; many others are on my tbr list.
Had never heard of Momo by Michael Ende. Sounds like something I'd love 
It did, however, surprise me to learn that Paolo Bacigalupi is an American author |
It's funny that you mentioned authors from the UK. I don't know why but I've been reading alot of authors from there lately. I'm loving the stuff that Angry Robot and Abaddon are putting out (sf/fantasy/horror). It's a fresh p.o.v. yet not one that would be totally alien to an American. Their stuff just seems darker, edgier and more nihilistic than American writers.