“Wow. Being able to take a look at a different part of the world’s literary culture excites me more than I would’ve expected.”

Locus sometimes has “International Reports” articles. :) So far, these have covered science fiction and fantasy from the Arab Gulf states, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Cuba, Germany, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Sweden, the UK, etc. Meanwhile, the alternate history website Uchronia lets one search by language as well as by author, series, etc.

Anyway, while you’re waiting for the Viz releases, these are already out. :)

The Island of Crimea : A Novel by Vassily Aksyonov, translated from Russian
The City Trilogy : Five Jade Disks, Defenders of the Dragon City, Tale of a Feather by Chang Ksi-kuo, translated from Chinese
The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach, translated from German
Strange Pilgrims : Twelve Stories by Gabriel García Márquez, translated from Spanish
Behind the Red Mist : Fiction by Hô Anh Thái, translated from Vietnamese
Crossfire by Miyabe Miyuki, translated from Japanese
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World : A Novel by Murakami Haruki, translated from Japanese
The Yellow Arrow by Victor Pelevin, translated from Russian
Dreams of the Sea and its sequel A Game of Perfection by Élisabeth Vonarburg, translated from French
Reluctant Voyagers by Élisabeth Vonarburg, translated from French
The Silent City and its sequel The Maerlande Chronicles by Élisabeth Vonarburg, translated from French
Science Fiction from China anthology edited by Wu Dingbo and Patrick D. Murphy, translated from Chinese

Plus, novels offers more bang for your buck in terms of time which’ll be great for my wallet.

That’s great news. I can’t wait to see what other authors they publish. I’ll definitely be picking up a few of the books.