[English version below] Thit an long i dtreo an phláinéid dheirg, í ag luasghéarú i gcónaí. Bhí na cúrsóirí á leanúint agus, mar a shíl A-Hiom, bhí siad ag teacht suas leo, beagán ar bheagán. Líon Na Hasta an radharc ar fad a bhí rompu agus chonaic Sál na sraitheanna de scamaill agus stoirmeacha ina nguairneáin, iad oráiste agus bán, ag casadh leo in atmaisféar meirgeach an phláinéid. Ar a dTeitheadh i Spás-Long Lastais Beirt ar a dteitheadh ó Roghail, gealach bheag amach ón bpláinéad dearg Na Hasta, is ea Sál agus Ríosa. Éalaíonn siad i spáslong lastais — agus an crogall daonna, an Sáirsint Raithdead, ar a dtóir. Ach amach rompu tá namhaid níos mó agus níos measa — agus gan fhios di féin, tá rún á cheilt ag Ríosa a tharraingeoidh fórsaí uile an Oilc sa mhullach orthu. Buaiteoir Ghradam an Saltire Society Úrscéal ficsean eolaíochta a scríobhadh i nGaeilge na hAlban is ea Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach. In 2013 a foilsíodh é agus is é an chéad úrscéal ficsean eolaíochta lánfhada a scríobhadh do dhaoine fásta i nGaeilge é. Ghnóthaigh an leabhar seo gradam an ‘First Book of the Year’ do Tim Armstrong ón Saltire Society in 2013. Is é Eoin P. Ó Murchú a d’aistrigh. Scríbhneoir agus ceoltóir as Seattle Mheiriceá é Tim Armstrong, agus is léachtóir i Sabhal Mòr Ostaig é. Tá sé ag obair faoi láthair ar an dara húrscéal leis, An Luingeas Dorcha air Fàire. Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin Aíonna: Bríd-Treasa Ní Ghaoithín agus Aonghus Ó Lochlainn [Leagan Gaeilge thuas] Escape on a Cargo Space-Ship Sál and Ríosa are on the run from Roghail, a small moon off Neasg, They escape on a cargo ship — with the human-crocadile Sergeant Rathaid hot on their heels. But out there waiting for them is a greater menace — and, unknown to her, Ríona hides a secret that will bring the forces of destruction upon them. Winner of the Saltire Society Award Tinte na Farraige Duibhe (Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach) is a science fiction novel written in Scottish Gaelic by Tim Armstrong and published by CLÀR in 2013. It is the first hard science-fiction novel in Gaelic written for adults. This book won the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award in 2013. Translated by Eoin P. Ó Murchú. Tim Armstrong is a writer and musician from Seattle in the United States. He lives in Scotland and works as a lecturer in Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. He is currently working on his second novel, An Luingeas Dorcha air Faire. Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin Guests: Bríd-Treasa Ní Ghaoithín and Aonghus Ó Lochlainn

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