Invisible Planets - Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

Cixin Liu

Tor Books

2016

383 páginas

12h 46m

ISBN-10: 0765384191

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'.

In addition, three essays at the end of the book explore Chinese science fiction. Liu Cixin's essay, The Worst of All Possible Universes and The Best of All Possible Earths, gives a historical overview of SF in China and situates his own rise to prominence as the premier Chinese author within that context. Chen Qiufan's The Torn Generation gives the view of a younger generation of authors trying to come to terms with the tumultuous transformations around them. Finally, Xia Jia, who holds the first Ph.D. issued for the study of Chinese SF, asks What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese?.

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5 (Perfeito)

Histórias ótimas. Algumas me desidrataram. Gosto dos ensaios no final, aprendi sobre a evolução da ficção científica na China e abriu meus olhos de modo geral.