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THE DRAGON AND THE STARS
By: Derwin Mak
18 original stories melding the rich cultural heritage of China with the imaginative realms of science fiction and fantasy.
DAW
May 2010
On Sale: May 4, 2010
320 pages
ISBN: 0756406188
EAN: 9780756406189
Mass Market Paperback
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Science Fiction
This unique collection of science fiction tales demonstrates the diversity of the Chinese experience around the world, merging China's rich heritage with new traditions, offering North American readers an opportunity to discover these exciting writers. This unique anthology of science fiction and fantasy tales includes stories by authors of Chinese ancestry, who make their homes in places as varied as the United States, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines. The talented authors included her have drawn upon China's rich and venerable heritage as well a st the traditions and cultures of their current homelands to create imaginative and fascinating stories. From the tale of a murder that can only be solved by spirit possession bot a fortune cookie that offers an uncertain future...from a man who believes his wife has become a Chinese dragon to an inventive army officer in the Ming conflict with Japan...from a young woman's fateful encounter with a Chinatown shopkeeper to a Chinese rocket scientist caught in the perils of 1950s America--here are eighteenth science fiction and fantasy vision them showcase the diversity of the Chinese experience around the world.
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