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Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
Tor Books
February 2019
On Sale: February 19, 2019
480 pages ISBN: 1250297664 EAN: 9781250297662 Kindle: B07C75GLGK Hardcover / e-Book
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Science Fiction
Broken Stars, edited by multi award-winning writer
Ken Liu--translator of the bestselling and Hugo
Award-winning novel The Three Body Problem by
acclaimed Chinese author Cixin Liu-- is his second
thought-provoking anthology of Chinese short speculative
fiction. Some of the included authors are already familiar to readers
in the West (Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang, both Hugo winners);
some are publishing in English for the first time. Because
of the growing interest in newer SFF from China, virtually
every story here was first published in Chinese in the 2010s. The stories span the range from short-shorts to novellas,
and evoke every hue on the emotional spectrum. Besides
stories firmly entrenched in subgenres familiar to Western
SFF readers such as hard SF, cyberpunk, science fantasy, and
space opera, the anthology also includes stories that
showcase deeper ties to Chinese culture: alternate Chinese
history, chuanyue time travel, satire with historical
and contemporary allusions that are likely unknown to the
average Western reader. While the anthology makes no claim
or attempt to be "representative" or "comprehensive," it
demonstrates the vibrancy and diversity of science fiction
being written in China at this moment. In addition, three essays at the end of the book explore the
history of Chinese science fiction publishing, the state of
contemporary Chinese fandom, and how the growing interest in
science fiction in China has impacted writers who had long
labored in obscurity. Stories include:
- "Goodnight,
Melancholy" by Xia Jia
- "The Snow of Jinyang" by Zhang Ran
- "Broken Stars" by Tang Fei
- "Submarines" by Han Song
- "Salinger and the Koreans" by Han Song
- "Under a Dangling Sky" by Cheng Jingbo
- "What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear" by
Baoshu
- "The New Year Train" by Hao Jingfang
- "The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales" by Fei Dao
- "Moonlight" by Liu Cixin
- "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Laba
Porridge" by Anna Wu
- "The First Emperor's Games" by Ma Boyong
- "Reflection" by Gu Shi
- "The Brain Box" by Regina Kanyu Wang
- "Coming of the Light" by Chen Qiufan
- "A History of Future Illnesses" by Chen Qiufan
Essays:
- "A Brief Introduction
to Chinese Science Fiction and Fandom," by Regina Kanyu
Wang,
- "A New Continent for China Scholars: Chinese Science
Fiction Studies" by Mingwei Song
- "Science Fiction: Embarrassing No More" by Fei Dao
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