Ken Liu - Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
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- Book:Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
- Author:Ken Liu / Xia Jia / Zhang Ran / Tang Fei / Han Song / Cheng Jingbo / Baoshu / Hao Jingfang / Fei Dao / Liu Cixin / Anna Wu / Ma Boyong / Gu Shi / Regina Kanyu Wang / Chen Qiufan / Mingwei Song
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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,chuanyuetime 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 Emperors 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 outInvisible Planets.
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