The new issue of the Tähtivaeltaja zine appeared in my mailbox a couple
of days ago, and it contains a very curious item: an exclusive Alastair
Reynolds short story not available anywhere else—even the author
doesn’t have a copy any more.

As Reynolds himself wrote a while ago, After several pints too many in
a Helsinki bar, [the editor of Tähtivaeltaja] Toni and I came up with
the idea of translating a story of mine into his native language, and
then destroying all copies of the original english-language
version—including mine. So that’s what we’re going to do, as soon as
Toni has a good translation in hand. So I’ll have a story that exists
in Finnish, and Finnish only, and if I want to read it again, I’ll need
to pay someone to translate it back into English. Of course the fact
that it’s Finnish, not exactly a language everyone can dip into with
the greatest of ease, only adds to the fun.The story in question is
Pandoran lipas (Pandora’s Box, translated by Toni Jerrman) and it
appears in the 2/2009 issue of Tähtivaeltaja. It’s a story about a
journalist chasing a scoop on Titan and stumbling on a strange tale
about an alien artifact, multiple timelines and a large corporation
conspiracy. Definitely worth reading (but as said, only available in
Finnish).

If you’re interested in owning a copy of this very special publication,
you can order the issue from Toni by sending 10 € ($15) to him to:

Toni Jerrman
Itämerenkatu 22 B 21
00180 Helsinki
Finland

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Posted By Tero to Partial Recall at 7/02/2009 08:37:00 AM