Best Non English Language Sci-Fi Authors

[Oleksandr]

Peter wrote: "As a result, my book was changed from the foreign to the Brazilian book section and there was a drastic drop in sales!”.
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A similar story I've read with romance novels, which were shifted from romance to African American literature (because the author is black).

[Ed]

Peter wrote: "... my book was changed from the foreign to the Brazilian book section and there was a drastic drop in sales! ..."

Funny and sad, but probably common. I've noticed that in France as well, the SF and Fantasy books from the USA sell better. It may have to do with wider publicity from American publishers. The SF works originally published in French tend to come from small publishers without as much advertising influence.

[Rafael]

It's good to see something about Brazilian literature made known worldwide. Indeed. The market is extremely prejudiced against national imaginative fiction. Although there's a lot of crap, specially in the fantasy genre (the majority of fantasy authors don't have authenticity nor creativity, they always want to copy Tolkien) and that gets all the attention from the good ones.

[Peter]

Rafael wrote: "It's good to see something about Brazilian literature made known worldwide. ... Although there's a lot of crap....

Rafael, can you recommend any Brazilian SF/F that you've liked, that's available in English?

[Rafael]

I have to look up for that since I don't know much books that fit this criteria. There are not many books and if we consider those translated they would be even scarcer.

[Jo]

I read yesterday rhat Penguin books are releasing a seies of classic scifi novels. One of which is The Hair Carpet Weavers by Andreas Eschbach. I'd never heard of it but it seems to be also released as The Carpet Makers

The premise (copied from Goodreads) sounds great. Looking forward to reading it.

In the dusty wastes of a far-flung planet, strange artisans toil. Like their fathers before them, they tie intricate knots out of the hair of their wives and daughters, slowly forming carpets. Delicate and unique, each carpet requires an entire lifetime of work - and all will be sold to pave the Emperor's palace.
Then, one day, the empire falls. Soon, strange men begin to arrive from the stars, in search of the carpets' true destination. What they discover will astonish them all...

[Ed]

I've read it. It is a collection of inter-linked short stories. I really liked the first few stories, but it got a bit implausible further on. I gave it 4 stars.

[Gabi]

I absolutely loved it! The story is woven from mosaic stories like the eponymous carpet.