FUNDAMENTAL WORKS,
available for free at Project Gutenberg
See also: Anthropology,
Adventure,
Children's Literature, Folklora,
Gothic Fiction,
Horror,
Mystery Fiction,
Mythology,
Psychology and other genres The Guide only discusses fleetingly as elements in otherwise SF&F works.
A good deal of SF&F literature in different languages is available through Wikisource,
and there is also a growing collection of Slovenian works uploaded to Wikivir.
The official web site of author Ursula K. Le Guin.
Le Guin's World
The author's official and fan website (fans can request an autograph with a dedication).
Philip K. Dick – The Official Site
... "dedicated to his work, his life, and his vision".
The Official Stanislaw Lem Site
The Polish author's official website, maintained by his son.
Into the Wardrobe: a C. S. Lewis web site
Online since 1994; features a lot of material and is regularly updated.
Robert A. Heinlein, Dean od Science Fiction Writers
A website dedicated to one of the greatest.
The Official Dune Website
Dune Index
Dune is one of many SF novels which should have been translated into Slovenian long ago, but are still waiting. The official website and a fan tribute to the cult series by Frank Herbert.
TerryPratchettBooks.com
A Terry Pratchett / Discworld Web Site
Terry Pratchett and his famous Discworld series.
The Encyclopedia of Arda
A reference guide to Tolkien's work with almost 5000 entries is "written in the same context as Tolkien himself used; he presented himself simply as a translator, rather than originator of the tales. Hence, we try to describe his world from a 'historical' rather than a literary perspective".
BBC Online – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
H2G2: the fan-built online version of HHGG saw active participation from the late Douglas Adams himself. The website also offers other interactive content, a comprehensive take on the original and its author, quizzes etc.
Floor 42
An extensive fansite, dedicated to Douglas Adams.
Marvin's Page
Dedicated solely to the paranoid android Marvin from the Hitchhiker's Guide..
The Meaning Of Liff
A dictionary of alternative meanings by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd online.
Liff
Fans continue the tradition by building their own version. Ljubljana is also present as "one of those things which are funny as they happen but only receive sceptically raised eyebrows when explained". :)
Znak Sagite
Znak Sagite handles SFFH, especially Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian authors, illustrators and editors with biographic and bibliographic data, but also hosts acitve forums and publishes stories, essays, illustrations etc. (HR)
NOSF – SF portal i magazin
"Never Ordinary Sometimes Fantastic" – the website and corresponding magazine were created by Davor Banović, editor of the first five parts of Via Gallactica. This new project is dedicated to publishing SF stories by Croatian authors, fresh news, reviews, top lists, forums and more. (HR)
Fantastic Fiction
An extensive list of fantasy authors.
Bukla: Ker knjige navdihujejo ...
A free magazine on good books. (SI)
Fantastikon
The Fantastikon series of the publishing company Tuma. (SI)
Tehniška založba Slovenije
TZS has been an indispensable force in the field of Slovenian SF for decades with the stories continually published in the magazine Življenje in tehnika. Also, some translated SF in the official online bookstore. (SI)
Futura
A bibliography of new Futura issues, data on authors and stories, forums and general SF news. (HR)
InterNOVA
This semiannual magazine, dedicated to contemporary German science fiction, was first published in December 2002. There was an overabundance of good stories to translate, so the international version was born, dedicated to contemporary SF in countries regularly overlooked by Anglo-American centred SF markets.
Asimov's Science Fiction
The renowned SF magazine publishes quality material. Some texts from the current issue are always available for free online.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
"ASF is often considered the magazine where science fiction grew up. When editor John W. Campbell took over in 1938, he brought to Astounding an unprecedented insistence on placing equal emphasis on both words of "science fiction." No longer satisfied with gadgetry and action per se, Campbell demanded that his writers try to think out how science and technology might really develop in the future-and, most importantly, how those changes would affect the lives of human beings."
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
The magazine, the original publisher of many SF classics, was founded in 1949.
Alef: ZF knjižara
The untraditional SF bookstore Alef is run by Siniša Lekić. (HR)
SF eye
The semiannual magazine by Stephen P. Brown published articles by renowned authors, interviews and critique of contemporary SF as well as unusual and bold illustrations. Unfortunately it has been defunct for years but past issues can still be tracked down.
Update: 28 February 2011
Listed are translations of literary or theoretical SFF works (or, rarely, originals) by Slovenian authors into foreign languages. More information on the authors is available on the list of Slovenian SFF literature. Works are primarily listed according to language, so use Ctrl + F when searching for a specific author. Monographs are written in italics, individual stories in collections/magazines in a normal font, and works/authors at the edge of the genre are marked with an asterisk (*). Children's and young adult literature is tagged as [ya], poetry as [p], and theory as [t]. Some novels appear more than once, if several translators worked on them.
You will find mostly literary prose here for now, but eventually poetry and theoretical contributions to SF&F culture as well. It will also include comicbooks and picture books, hybrids between the literary and the visual, mainly because of their scarcity and availability through Cobiss. It contains all works which follow the genre's fundamental rules, regardless of quality.
The list – far from finished, so missing information and corrections are quite welcome; write to vodnik.zf (at) gmail.com.
Online resources:
- COBISS – the union bibliographic/catalogue database (Virtual library of Slovenia)
Story collections:
- YU Sirius: posebno izdanje mjesečnika »Sirius« (Zagreb: Informativno-revijalna izdanja NIŠP »Vjesnik«, Redakcija Romani i stripovi, December 1978)
Periodicals:
- Sirius: Biblioteka znanstvene fantastike (Zagreb: Informativno-revijalna izdanja NIŠP »Vjesnik«, Redakcija Romani i stripovi, 1976–1990)
Currently:
16 languages
3 female authors + 24 male authors, 27 altogether
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Praha: B. Stýblo, 1946 and Praha: Albatros Plus, 2003)
- Milčinski, Frane – Ježek: Hvězdička Zaspalka (Zvezdica Zaspanka) (Ljubljana: Sanje)
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut: ein Roman aus dem alten Orient* (Bergisch Gladbach: Gustav Lübbe, cop. 1992; 1993; 1994; B. Lübbe: 1998; 2002)
- Milčinski, Frane – Ježek: Das Schlafsternchen (Zvezdica Zaspanka) (Ljubljana: Sanje)
- Tomšič, Marjan: Óštrigéca: eine magische Novelle aus Istrien* (Celovec/Ljubljana/Dunaj: Hermagoras/Mohorjeva, 1995)
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Seattle: Scala House Press, 2004; Berkeley: North Atlantic Books; Seattle: Scala House Press, 2007 and Ljubljana: Sanje, 2005; 2007)
- Makarovič, Svetlana*: Svetlanine pravljice / Svetlana's Fairytales (Dob pri Domžalah: Miš, 2008) [f] [ya]
- Milčinski, Frane – Ježek: Little Sleepy Star (Zvezdica Zaspanka) (Ljubljana: Sanje); also as Twinkle Sleepyhead (Ljubljana: Sanje) [ya]
- Pečjak, Vid: The Runaway Robot: drama (Pobegli robot) (Ljubljana: Radiotelevizija, 1981) [ya]
- Strniša, Gregor: Space (Vesolje) (in Litterae slovenicae: L.S.: a Slovene literary magazine, No. 1 = 33, No. 85, 1995, p. 129–131)
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Muchnik Editores, 1989; 2001 and Barcelona: El Aleph, 2003.)
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Paris: Phébus, 1988; 1990; 1998; 2000; 2004)
- Pečjak, Vid: Le robot echappe (Pobegli robot) (Ljubljana: Radiotelevizija, 1982) [ya]
- Pečjak, Vid: La troisième vie: dramatique de science fiction: liste de dialogues / scénario d'après la nouvelle de Vid Pečjak "Jasmin ou Helena" Boris Grabnar et Mirč Kragelj (Ljubljana: Radiotelevizija, 1982) [ya]
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Zagreb: V.B.Z., 2006)
- Milčinski, Frane – Ježek: Zvjezdica Pospanka (Zvezdica Zaspanka) (Ljubljana: Sanje)
- Strniša, Gregor: Zvijezde (Zvezde) (Zagreb: Meandar, 1996)
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Trieste: Editoriale stampa triestina, 1989 and Milano: Rizzoli, 1993)
- Milčinski, Frane – Ježek: Stellina Sonnolina (Zvezdica Zaspanka) (Ljubljana: Sanje)
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Budapest: Európa, 2005)
- Pečjak, Vid: A szökevény robot (Pobegli robot) (Novi Sad: Forum; Szkopje: Makedonszka kniga; Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 1967) [ya]
- Ingolič, Anton*: Udarna brigada (Skopje: Detska radost, 1980) [f] [ya]
- Pečjak, Vid: Izbeganiot robot (Pobegli robot) (Beograd: Vuk Karadžić, 1967) [ya]
- Strniša, Gregor: Dzvezdi (Zvezde) (Skopje: Kultura, 1990)
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (excerpt in Opcje: kwartalnik kulturalny, No. 1/2 = 54/55, May 2004, p. 58–60)
- Bojetu, Berta*: Filia nie ma w domu (Filio ni doma) (excerpt in Opcje: kwartalnik kulturalny, No. 1/2 = 54/55, May 2004, p. 66–67)
- Duhová křídla, a collection of Yugoslav SF stories (contains stories by Gregor Strniša, Veseljko V. Simonovič, Branko Gradišnik and Vid Pečjak)
- Bojetu, Berta*: Filio ušla iz doma (Filio ni doma) (excerpt in Vsemirnaja literatura: literaturno-hudožestvennyj žurnal, No. 5, 2005, p. 60–156)
Shqip (Albanian)
- Pečjak, Vid: Tregimi mbi robotin sugar (Prishtinë: Rilindja, 1967) [ya]
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Bratislava: Vydavatel'stvo Slovart, 2004)
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Novi sad: Bratstvo-jedinstvo, 1954 and Novi sad: Prometej, 2006)
- Ingolič, Anton*: Udarna brigada: pripovetka iz naših velikih dana (Beograd: Nolit, 1976)
- Kleva, Dag: Gdje se stvarnost grana (Kjer se cepi resničnost) (in Terra 5, 2008)
- Meserko, Bojan: Sanjači (Senjalca) (Beograd: Leksikom, 2007)
- Meserko, Bojan: Sanjaonica (Sanjalnica) (Beograd: Leksikom, 2005)
- Pečjak, Vid: Robot prvenko (Beograd: Vuk Karadžić, 1967) [ya]
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1990)
- Bojetu, Berta*: Filio nije kod kuće (Filio ni doma) (odlomek v Književna revija: list za književnost, umjetnost i kulturu, 41, 1991, p. 12–13)
- Cerar, Franci: Drugo rođenje (Drugo rojstvo) (Sirius, No. 39, September 1979)
- Cerar, Franci: Izumi skromnog mladca (Izumi skromnega mladeniča) (Sirius, No. 40, October 1979)
- Cerar, Franci: Ubogi čovjek (Ubogi človek) (Sirius, No. 43, October 1980)
- Cerar, Franci: Ubojstvo targumskog diplomata (Umor targumskega diplomata) (Sirius, No. 54, December 1980)
- Geršak, Borut: Lijek protiv starosti (Zdravilo za starost) (Sirius, No. 26, August 1978)
- Geršak, Borut: Pitajte nebo (Vprašajte nebo) (Beograd: Narodna knjiga, 1987)
- Gračner, Dragica: Traženje mladosti (V iskanju mladosti) (Sirius, No. 54, December 1980)
- Gračner, Dragica: Invazija sa Siriusa (Sirius, No. 69, March 1982)
- Jirasek, Zvone: Nevidljiva veza (Nevidna vez) (Sirius, No. 57, March 1981)
- Kuščer, Samo: Tužni virtuoz (Žalostni virtuoz) (Sirius, No. 120, June 1986)
- Meserko, Bojan: Seoska idila (Kmečka idila) (Sirius, No. 64, October 1981)
- Meserko, Bojan: Naš mali svijet (Nova utopija) (Sirius, No. 70, April 1982)
- Meserko, Bojan: On-anija... (Sirius, No. 76, October 1982)
- Meserko, Bojan: Četiri Bjegunca (Štirje možje na begu) (Sirius, No. 65, November 1982)
- Meserko, Bojan: Sami na čistini (Sirius, No. 149, October 1988)
- Pečjak, Vid: Drejček i tri Marsovca (Sarajevo: "Veselin Masleša", 1966; 1972) [ya]
- Pečjak, Vid: Pobjegli robot (Pobegli robot) (Zagreb: Naša djeca, 1967) [ya]
- Pečjak, Vid: Smog (Sirius, No. 123, August 1986)
- Prelovšek, Roman: Reklamacija (Sirius, No. 102, December 1984)
- Rakuša, Denis: Aura (Sirius, No. 87, September 1983)
- Remec, Miha: Poziv iz ništavila (Klic iz niča) (Sirius, No. 72, June 1982)
- Remec, Miha: Čovjek prije psa (Sirius, No. 87, September 1983)
- Remec, Miha: Opna (Sirius, No. 104, February 1985)
- Remec, Miha: Nečista kći (Nečista hči) (Sirius, No. 108, June 1985)
- Remec, Miha: Stupovi koji govore (Govoreči stebri) (Sirius, No. 113, November 1985)
- Remec, Miha: Planina čežnje (Gora hrepenjenja) (Sirius, No. 116, February 1986)
- Remec, Miha: Spomenik Euridiki (Pomnik za Evridiko) (Sirius, No. 121/122, July 1986)
- Remec, Miha: Dromidska skulptura (Dromidska podoba) (Sirius, No. 161/162, October/November 1989)
- Šinkovec, Matjaž: Rubberneckers (Sirius, No. 87, September 1983)
- Šušulić, Aleksa: Blato (Sirius, No. 76, October 1983)
- Tomc, Gregor: Mutlipli efekat (Sirius, No. 47, May 1980)
- Tomc, Gregor: Početak prave povijesti čovječanstva (Začetek prave zgodovine človeštva) (Sirius, No. 50, August 1980)
- Višnovec, Boris: Let (Polet) (Sirius, No. 72, June 1982)
- Zlobec, Jaša L.: Terocentrizam (YU Sirius, December 1978)
- Zlobec, Jaša L.: Balada o pastrvi (Sirius, No. 45, March 1980)
- Župan, Miran: Krug (Krog) (Sirius, No. 73, July 1982)
- Bartol, Vladimir: Alamut* (Sauvo: Mansarda, 2008)
