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Broken Stars

Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

by Ken Liu
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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.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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      Starred review from January 1, 2019
      Liu continues to anthologize the best of the Chinese sf scene (after Invisible Planets, 2016), showcasing a diverse array of styles. Some stories are relatively straightforward sf narratives, such as Baoshu's "What Shall in a Kinder Light Appear," in which one man lives a reverse time line of China's history, while others are experimental pieces like Regina Kanyu Wang's "Brain Box," in which a man experiences his beloved's last moments, thanks to a brain implant. Some stories explicitly reflect the unique cultural context; for example, Zhang Ran's "The Snow in Jinyang," set in a strangely advanced tenth-century city that plays with the tropes of chuanyue, a genre in which a modern person is thrown back into the past. Other highlights include Fei Dao's "The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales," about a robot whose quest to become the best liar leads him on a fairy tale-like space adventure, and Chen Qiufan's "A History of Future Illnesses," in which a grim future of people increasingly transformed and deformed by technology is presented through a series of case histories. Rounded out by essays on topics related to Chinese sf, this anthology is a must-read for any genre fan.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)

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