Title:
Broken stars : contemporary Chinese science fiction in translation / translated and edited by Ken Liu.
ISBN:
9781250297662
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : A Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates, 2019.
©2019
Physical Description:
479 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Goodnight, melancholy / Xia Jia -- Moonlight / Liu Cixin -- Broken stars / Tang Fei -- Submarines / Han Song -- Salinger and the Koreans / Han Song -- Under a dangling sky / Chen Jingbo -- What has passed shall in kinder light appear / Baoshu -- New Year train / Hao Jingfang -- Robot who liked to tell tall tales / Fei Dao -- Snow of Jinyang / Zhang Ran -- Restaurant at the end of the universe: Laba porridge / Anna Wu -- First emperor's games / Ma Boyong -- Reflection / Gu Shi -- Brain box / Regina Kanyu Wang -- Coming of the light / Chen Qiufan -- A history of future illnesses / Chen Qiufan -- A brief introduction to Chinese science fiction and fandom / Regina Kanyu Wang -- A new continent for China scholars: Chinese science fiction studies / Mingwei Song -- Science fiction: embarrassing no more / Fei Dao.
Summary:
"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."--Amazon.com.
Added Author:
Language Note:
Short stories translated from the Chinese.
OCLC Number:
on1057241360
Availability:
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