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Invisible Planets, edited by multi award-winning writer Ken Liu--translator of the bestselling and Hugo Award-winning novel The Three Body Problem by acclaimed Chinese author Cixin Liu--is his second thought-provoking anthology of Chinese short speculative fiction. Invisible Planets is a groundbreaking anthology of Chinese short speculative fiction.
The thirteen stories in this collection, including two by Cixin Liu and the Hugo and Sturgeon award-nominated “Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, add up to a strong and diverse representation of Chinese SF. Some have won awards, some have garnered serioius 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. Anyone with an interest in international science fiction will find Invisible Planets an indispensable addition to their collection.
For more Chinese SF in translation, check out Broken Stars.
Stories:
“The Year of the Rat” by Chen Qiufan
“The Fist of Lijian” by Chen Qiufan
“The Flower of Shazui” by Chen Qiufan
“A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight” by Xia Jia
“Tongtong’s Summer” by Xia Jia
“Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse” by Xia jia
“The City of Silence” by Ma Boyong
“Invisible Planets” by Hao Jingfang
“Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang
“Call Girl” by Tang Fei
“Grave of the Fireflies” by Cheng Jingbo
“The Circle” by Liu Cixin
“Taking Care of God” by Liu Cixin
Essays:
“The Worst of All Possible Universes and the Best of All Possible Earths: Three-Body and Chinese Science Fiction” by Liu Cixin and Ken Liu
“The Torn Generation” Chinese Science Fiction in a Culture in Transition” by Chen Qiufan and Ken Liu
“What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese?” by Xia Jia and Ken Liu
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A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL
Award-winning author Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide is a thought-provoking vision of the future.
Translated by Ken Liu, who brought Cixin Liu's Hugo Award-winning The Three Body Problem to English-speaking readers.
Mimi is drowning in the world's trash.
She’s a waste worker on Silicon Isle, where electronics -- from cell phones and laptops to bots and bionic limbs — are sent to be recycled. These amass in towering heaps, polluting every spare inch of land. On this island off the coast of China, the fruits of capitalism and consumer culture come to a toxic end.
Mimi and thousands of migrant waste workers like her are lured to Silicon Isle with the promise of steady work and a better life. They're the lifeblood of the island’s economy, but are at the mercy of those in power.
A storm is brewing, between ruthless local gangs, warring for control. Ecoterrorists, set on toppling the status quo. American investors, hungry for profit. And a Chinese-American interpreter, searching for his roots.
As these forces collide, a war erupts -- between the rich and the poor; between tradition and modern ambition; between humanity’s past and its future.
Mimi, and others like her, must decide if they will remain pawns in this war or change the rules of the game altogether.
"An accomplished eco-techno-thriller with heart and soul as well as brain. Chen Qiufan is an astute observer, both of the present world and of the future that the next generation is in danger of inheriting." – David Mitchell, New York Times bestselling author of Cloud Atlas
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AI will be the defining issue of the twenty-first century, but many people know little about it apart from visions of dystopian robots or flying cars. Though the term has been around for half a century, it is only now, Kai-Fu Lee argues, that AI is poised to upend our society, just as the arrival of technologies like electricity and smart phones did before it. In the past five years, AI has shown it can learn games like chess in mere hours—and beat humans every time. AI has surpassed humans in speech and object recognition, even outperforming radiologists in diagnosing lung cancer. AI is at a tipping point. What comes next?
Within two decades, aspects of daily life may be unrecognizable. Humankind needs to wake up to AI, both its pathways and perils. In this provocative work that juxtaposes speculative storytelling and science, Lee, one of the world's leading AI experts, has teamed up with celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan to reveal how AI will trickle down into every aspect of our world by 2041. In ten gripping short stories that crisscross the globe, coupled with incisive analysis, Lee and Chen explore AI's challenges and its potential:
• Ubiquitous AI that knows you better than you know yourself
• Genetic fortune-telling that predicts risk of disease or even IQ
• AI sensors that creates a fully "contactless" society in a future pandemic
• Immersive personalized entertainment to challenge our notion of celebrity
• Quantum computing and other leaps that both eliminate and increase risk
By gazing toward a not-so-distant horizon, AI 2041 offers powerful insights and compelling storytelling for everyone interested in our collective future.
This month, we have original science fiction by Chen Qiufan ("The Smog Society") and Sarah Pinsker ("And We Were Left Darkling"), along with SF reprints by Vandana Singh ("Life-pod") and Vylar Kaftan ("Civilization").
Plus, we have original fantasy by Sam J. Miller ("Ghosts of Home") and Genevieve Valentine ("Given the Advantage of the Blade"), and fantasy reprints by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ("To See Pedro Infante") and Ursula Pflug ("Python").
All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author and artist spotlights, along with our latest book review column and a feature interview with the celebrated author Kazuo Ishiguro.
For our ebook readers, we also have "Equinoctial" by John Varley as our novella reprint, along with novel excerpts from ZERO WORLD by Jason M. Hough and FINCHES OF MARS by Brian W. Aldiss.
Contenidos:
- “Ecología y ciencia ficción” por Raul Ciannella (artículo)
#1. Solarpunk.
- Jardines solarpunk: entrevista con Sarena Ulibarri.
- Commando Jugendstil. Postales desde el futuro. (ilustración)
- Commando en acción. El proyecto de la portada. (ilustración)
- Ucronías energéticas: entrevista con Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro.
- “Fermentos criativos” por Commando Jugendstil & Tales from the Ev Studios. (relato)
#2. Ecotopías.
POEMA 1: Ozymandias por Percy Bysshe Shelley
- “Milla” por Lorenzo Crescentini & Emanuela Valentini. (relato)
- “Pánico en Chiclayo” por Gonzalo del Rosario. (relato)
- “biston betularia” por Maria Antònia Martí Escayol. (relato)
- “El navío verde” por Francesco Verso. (relato)
- “La escuela del indiano” por María Concepción Regueiro Digón. (relato)
- “La Sociedad del Esmog” por Chen Qiufan. (relato)
#3. Salen de la oscuridad.
- “Utopía verde” por Abraham Martínez Azuara “Cuervoscuro”. (relato)
- “Contaminación” por Genís Cardona. (relato)
- “Enemigos del hombre” por José A. García. (relato)
POEMA 2: Qui Roman in media quaeris novus advena Roma por Janus Vitalis
- Buscas en Roma a Roma, ¡oh peregrino! por Francisco de Quevedo
#4. Liber Antecessor
- “Los espíritus viajeros” por Margaret Lucas Cavendish (relato)
- Biografías de los autores
L’antologia include racconti provenienti da molti paesi poiché il cambiamento climatico indotto dal comportamento umano è un fenomeno di proporzioni globali: Clelia Farris e Francesco Verso dall’Italia, Robert Silverberg dagli Stati Uniti, Chen Qiufan dalla Cina, Marian Womack dalla Spagna e Jean-Louis Trudel dal Canada vi porteranno in altrettanti futuri, vicini e lontani, in compagnia dei saggi scientifici di altrettanti esperti in materia come Giampietro Casasanta, Gennaro Fucile, Antonio Camorrino, Marco Signore, Roberto Paura e Fausto Vernazzani.
Dall’invecchiamento della popolazione ai cambiamenti climatici, dall’istruzione di massa all’impatto dei social network, le storie immaginate da Liu Cixin, Xia Jia, Chen Qiufan e Wu Yan mostrano una Cina lontana dall’Occidente per costume e sensibilità, ma simile nelle realtà economico-sociali e così tecnologicamente avanzata da restituire uno sguardo sul futuro che attende il mondo intero.
Una selezione di alcune delle voci più importanti della fantascienza cinese contemporanea che di certo delizieranno i lettori di tutto il mondo. Le visioni e le questioni presentate in questo libro sono importanti non solo per la Cina, ma per tutta l’umanità.” Ken Liu (vincitore dei premi Hugo, Nebula e World Fantasy)
L’antologia include le storie seguenti:
Corpi ospiti – Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe)
Cervello di maiale – Ekaterina Sedia (Russia)
La promessa dello spazio – James Patrick Kelly (U.S.A.)
L’intera immensa sovrastruttura: un’installazione – Ken MacLeod (UK)
Il quinto dragone – Ian McDonald (Irlanda del Nord)
Etere – Zhang Ran (Cina)
L’eterno addio – Chen Qiufan (Cina)
L’imitatore – Fabio Fernandes (Brasile)
OH GIVE ME A HOME Adam Rakunas
THE YEAR OF THE RAT Chen Qiufan
KORMAK THE LUCKY Eleanor Arnason
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF FROZEN FIRE Rus Wornom
SHORT STORIES
THE COLOR OF SAND KJ Kabza
HALF A CONVERSATION, OVERHEARD WHILE INSIDE A ENORMOUS SENTIENT SLUG Oliver Buckram
THE MAN WHO MARRIED THE SNOW Ken Altabef
THE MIRACLE CURE Harvey Jacobs
THE HEARTSMITH'S DAUGHTERS Harry R. Campion
THE NAMBU EGG Tim Sullivan
DEPARTMENTS
BOOKS TO LOOK FOR Charles de Lint
BOOKS James Sallis
PLUMAGE FROM PEGASUS: FLIPPING GENRES FOR FUN AND PROFIT Paul Di Filippo
FILMS: A FAMILIAR CYCLONE AND ITS TWISTED DEBRIS Kathi Maio
SCIENCE: ALIENS INSIDE YOU Pat Murphy and Paul Doherty
COMING ATTRACTIONS
CURIOSITIES Mark Esping
CARTOONS: Arthur Masear, Arthur Masear, Barry Corbett, J.P. Rini.
COVER KENT BASH FOR "THE COLOR OF SAND"
This issue features fiction by Yoon Ha Lee ("Conservation of Shadows") and Chen Qiufan ("The Fish of Lijiang"), part two of a group interview with epic fantasy authors, an interview with Minister Faust, an article by Karen Burnham and an editorial by Neil Clarke. Kindle subscriptions to this magazine are also available.