Name: Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
SKU: 53315385
Price: 494.00 ZAR
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Author: Ken Liu
ISBN: 9781250297686

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Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ken Liu

Publisher

Tor Books

Language

English

Pages

480

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x13.5x3.6 cm

Weight

0.39 kg.

ISBN13

9781250297686

Synopsis "Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation"

LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY Sixteen 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 Jingfang's '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 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 For more Chinese SF in translation, check out Invisible Planets.

Ken Liu

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Ken Liu is a science fiction and fantasy author born in Lanzhou, China, but has been living in the United States since the age of 11, a country whose nationality he holds

He has received significant awards for his stories. With his collection The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, he won the Locus and Ignotus awards for the best anthology of 2017, also being a finalist for the World Fantasy. Liu made his novel debut with The Grace of Kings, his first work published in Spanish

In addition to being a writer, he is a translator of works from Chinese to English and, in fact, is the translator of Cixin Liu, one of the most highly regarded Chinese science fiction authors.

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