Broken Stars
Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
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Starred review from January 1, 2019
Liu continues to anthologize the best of the Chinese sf scene (after Invisible Planets, 2016), showcasing a diverse array of styles. Some stories are relatively straightforward sf narratives, such as Baoshu's "What Shall in a Kinder Light Appear," in which one man lives a reverse time line of China's history, while others are experimental pieces like Regina Kanyu Wang's "Brain Box," in which a man experiences his beloved's last moments, thanks to a brain implant. Some stories explicitly reflect the unique cultural context; for example, Zhang Ran's "The Snow in Jinyang," set in a strangely advanced tenth-century city that plays with the tropes of chuanyue, a genre in which a modern person is thrown back into the past. Other highlights include Fei Dao's "The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales," about a robot whose quest to become the best liar leads him on a fairy tale-like space adventure, and Chen Qiufan's "A History of Future Illnesses," in which a grim future of people increasingly transformed and deformed by technology is presented through a series of case histories. Rounded out by essays on topics related to Chinese sf, this anthology is a must-read for any genre fan.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)
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