| Description |
383 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction: China dreams / by Ken Liu -- Chen Quifan. The year of the rat ; The fish of Lijiang ; The flower of Shazui -- Xia Jia. A hundred ghosts parade tonight ; Tongtong's summer ; Night journey of the Dragon-horse -- Ma Boyong. The city of silence -- Hao Jingfang. Invisible planets ; Folding Beijing -- Tang Fei. Call girl -- Cheng Jingbo. Grave of the fireflies -- Liu Cixin. The circle ; Taking care of God -- Essays : The worst of all possible universes and the best of all possible earths: Three-body and Chinese science fiction -- The torn generation: Chinese science fiction in a culture in transition -- What makes Chinese science fiction Chinese? |
| Summary |
Award-winning translator and author Ken Liu presents a collection of short speculative fiction from China. Some stories have won awards; some have been included in various 'Year's Best' anthologies; some have been well reviewed by critics and readers; and some are simply Ken's personal favorites. Many of the authors collected here (with the obvious exception of Liu Cixin) belong to the younger generation of 'rising stars' |
| Notes |
Translated from the Chinese |
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Translated from the Chinese |
| Subject |
Science fiction, Chinese -- Translations into English.
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Speculative fiction, Chinese -- Translations into English
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Short stories, Chinese -- Translations into English.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100537
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Science fiction
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Science fiction
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Science fiction.
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Reading nook.
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| Author |
Liu, Ken, 1976- translator, editor
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| ISBN |
9781784978808 (HB) |
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1784978809 (HB) |
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9781784978815 (XTPB) |
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1784978817 (XTPB) |
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