Broken Stars by Ken Liu
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 is an award-winning speculative fiction novelist from the United States. The Paper Menagerie and Other Tales, his collection, has been translated into over a dozen languages. The Grace of Kings, The Wall of Storms, The Veiled Throne, and a second collection, The Hidden Girl and Other Tales, are among Liu's other works. He has been engaged in a number of media adaptations of his work, including Netflix's animated series Love, Death + Robots' adaptation of his short tale Good Hunting, and AMC's Pantheon, which is based on an interwoven series of short stories. The Cleaners, The Hidden Girl, and The Message have all been optioned for development.
Liu has worked as a software engineer, a business lawyer, and a litigation consultant in the past. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities on topics such as futurism, bitcoin, technology history, and the importance of narrative. Liu lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with his family.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781250297662 |
| ISBN 10 | 1250297664 |
| Title | Broken Stars |
| Author | Ken Liu |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2019-02-19 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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