jamiereadthis
Written on Apr 10, 2020
Under the brilliant, starry sky, his head, full of a lifetime of foolishness, finally opened up to insight.
Here are thirteen short stories from the new frontiers of Chinese science fiction, selected and translated by Hugo, Nebula, Locus and World Fantasy Award-winner Ken Liu.
Hao Jingfang's Hugo Award-winning 'Folding Beijing' takes place in a near-future dystopia where the title city's buildings fold into and out of the earth, allowing three different strata of society to spend part of the day above ground. Xia Jia's 'Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse' describes a post-apocalyptic world where machines have outlived the humans who engineered them. In 'Taking Care of God' by Liu Cixin – author of The Three-Body Problem, the first translated novel to win the Hugo Award – a race of white-haired, white-robed beings arrive on Earth, claiming they are God, creators of everything who now want to spend their retirement years with us...
Including an introduction by Ken Liu and three essays exploring Chinese science fiction, this is a phenomenal collection of strange worlds, hypnotic landscapes and unbridled imagination.
- ISBN10 1786692783
- ISBN13 9781786692788
- Publish Date 7 September 2017 (first published 1 November 2016)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Head of Zeus
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 400
- Language English
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