Invisible planets
Subtitle: contemporary Chinese science fiction in translation
By: translated and edited by Ken Liu
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780765384195
Subjects: Chinese Science fiction; Chinese Short stories; Translations into English
Description: "Thirteen intriguing visions of the future from China"--Cover.

"Readers at Tor and around the SF world have recently become familiar with Ken Liu and his Chinese translation work via the bestselling and award nominated novel The Three-Body Problem , by acclaimed Chinese author Cixin Liu. Readers who have developed a taste and excitement for Chinese SF by these means will be excited to hear that Ken Liu, the translator of that volume is assembling, translating, and editing an anthology of Chinese science fiction short stories.The thirteen stories in this collection are a strong and diverse representation of Chinese science fiction, including two by Liu Cixin. Some have won awards in translation, some have garnered serious critical acclaim, some have been selected for Year's Best anthologies, and some are simply Ken Liu's personal favorites.To round out the collection, there are several essays from Chinese scholars and authors, plus an illuminating introduction by Ken Liu."--Syndetics
Notes: "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Table of contents: title: The Year of the Rat  -- Chen Quifan; title: The fish of Lijiang  -- Chen Quifan; title: The flower of Shazui  -- Chen Quifan; title: A hundred ghosts parade tonight  -- Xia Jia; title: Tontong's summer  -- Xia Jia; title: NIght journey of the dragon-horse --; title: Xia Jia --; title: The city of silence  -- Ma Boyon; title: Invisible planets  -- Hao Jingfang; title: Folding Beijing  -- Hao Jingfang; title: Call girl  -- Tang Fei; title: Grave of the fireflies  -- Cheng Jingbo; title: The circle  -- Liu Cixin; title: Taking care of God -- Liu Cixin.