POSITRON CHICAGO included Tidhar’s UNHOLY LAND among the Notable 2019 Reads & Re-Reads.

The visions of alternate worlds are the main strength here—better, worse, stranger than our own—wrapped around the twin issues of Israel as persecuted and persecutor.

For LOCUS, Tidhar reports from the Beijing SF Summit Forum 2019 and Shenzhen.

To make matters more interesting (for me!), my visit coincided with the Chinese publication of my novel Central Station. While the others were relaxing, I was reunited with my old friend Wu Yan at the Citic Bookstore in Beijing for a panel event. Professor Wu, whom one may well call the godfather of Chinese SF, was a central pillar of the convention – a couple of days later he’d be delivering a keynote address reporting on the financial profitability of the growing “SF sector” before the thousands of attendees.

Wu Yan happily informed me that I was known as in China as “the science fiction ghost” – apparently because no one has seen me since 2000. The name seemed to catch, based on the number of interviews I did which introduced me this way….

Takahashi Katsunori at ANIME ANIME reports on the site’s survey Which light novel/novel would you like to see an anime adaption of?. Of the top 2o titles, the only English language work was Lavie Tidhar’s THE VIOLENT CENTURY.

1. “Kusuriya no Hitorigoto” Hyuuga Natsu
2. “86 – Eighty-Six” Asato Asato
3. “Kyoto Fukei Ayakashi Ka no Jikenbo” Tengeiji Sayaka
4. “Nanahime Monogatari” Takano Wataru
5. “Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi” Eguchi Ren
6. “Fate/strange Fake” Narita Ryougo
6. “ShangriLa Frontier ~ Shitty Games Hunter Challenges Godly Game ~” Kata Rina
6. “The Twelve Kingdoms” Ono Fuyumi
6. “The Eminence in Shadow” Aizawa Daisuke
6. “The Violent Century” Lavie Tidhar
11. “Classroom of the Elite” Kinugasa Shougo
11. “Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Comedy” Nimaru Shuuichi
11. “Seirei Gensouki” Kitayama Yuuri
11. “Ameku Takao no Suiri Karte” Chinen Mikito
11. “Sankaku no Kyori wa Kagirinai Zero” Misaki Saginomiya
11. “Odayaka Kizoku no Kyuuka no Susume” Misaki
11. “Koujodenka no Kateikyoushi” Shichino Riku
18. “Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja” Ryuusen Hiritsugu
18. “The World’s Greatest First Love: The Case of Hatori Yoshiyuki” Fujisaki Miyako & Nakamura Shungiku
20. “Accel World” Kawahara Reki
20. “Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dameningen ni Sareteita Ken” Saeki-san
20. “Girudore” Asagiri Kafuka
20. “Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear” Kumanano
20. “Classmate ga Tsukaima ni Narimashite” Kakujou Azuma
20. “Super Cub” Tone Koken
20. “Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody” Ainana Hiro
20. “Haguruma Drive” Kabayakidare
20. “I Shaved. Then I Brought a High School Girl Home.” Shimesaba
20. “Akuyaku Reijou Nanode Rasubosu wo Kattemimashita” Nagase Sarasa
20. “Torture Princess of Another World” Ayasato Keishi
20. “My Friend’s Little Sister is Annoying Only Towards Me” Mikawa Ghost
20. “The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs” Mishima Yomu
20. “Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano Datta” Kamishiro Kyousuke
20. “Pretty Boy Detective Club” Nishio Ishin
20. “Nogi Wakaba is a Hero” Akashiro Aoi
20. “Dousei Kara Hajimaru Otaku Kanojo no Tsukurikata” Murakami Rin
20. “Nageki no Bourei wa Intai Shitai – Saijiyaku Hanta ni Yoru Saikiyou Patei Ikusei Jutsu” Tsukikage
20. “Asakusa Oniyome Nikki: Ayakashi Fuufu wa Konse koso Shiawase ni Naritai” Yuuma Midori
20. “Sentou Jousai Masurawo” Hayashi Tomoaki