Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

ISBN: 1250297664

Author: Liu, Ken

Condition: New

LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGYSixteen short stories from China's groundbreaking science fiction writers, edited and translated by award-winning author Ken Liu.In Hugo award-winner Liu Cixin's Moonlight, a man is contacted by three future versions of himself, each trying to save their world from destruction. Hao Jingfangs The New Year Train sees 1,500 passengers go missing on a train that vanishes into space. In the title story by Tang Fei, a young girl is shown how the stars can reveal the future.In addition, three essays explore the history and rise of Chinese science fiction publishing, contemporary Chinese fandom, and how the growing interest in Chinese SF has impacted writers who had long laboured in obscurity.By turns dazzling, melancholy and thought-provoking, Broken Stars celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of SFF voices emerging from China.Stories include:Goodnight, Melancholy by Xia JiaThe Snow of Jinyang by Zhang RanBroken Stars by Tang FeiSubmarines by Han SongSalinger and the Koreans by Han SongUnder a Dangling Sky by Cheng JingboWhat Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear by BaoshuThe New Year Train by Hao JingfangThe Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales by Fei DaoMoonlight by Liu CixinThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Laba Porridge" by Anna WuThe First Emperors Games by Ma BoyongReflection by Gu ShiThe Brain Box by Regina Kanyu WangComing of the Light by Chen QiufanA History of Future Illnesses by Chen QiufanEssays: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 SongScience Fiction: Embarrassing No More by Fei DaoFor more Chinese SF in translation, check out Invisible Planets.