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A new wave of Chinese science fiction is here. This anthology showcases the best of contemporary science fiction from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the People's Republic of China in fifteen short stories and novel excerpts.
The Reincarnated Giant is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of the genre.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Does Science Fiction Dream of a Chinese New Wave?, by Mingwei Song
Part I: Other Realities
1. Regenerated Bricks, by Han Song (translated by Theodore Huters)
2. The Village Schoolteacher, by Liu Cixin (translated by Christopher Elford and Jiang Chenxin)
3. Histories of Time: The Luster of Mute Porcelain (excerpts), by Dung Kai-cheung (translated and introduced by Carlos Rojas)
4. The Dream Devourer (chapters 5–7), by Egoyan Zheng (translated by Cara Healey)
5. The Demon-Enslaving Flask, by Xia Jia (translated by Linda Rui Feng)
Part II: Other Us
6. The Poetry Cloud, by Liu Cixin (translated by Chi-yin Ip and Cheuk Wong)
7. “Science Fiction”: A Chapter of Daughter, by Lo Yi-chin (translated by Thomas Moran and Jingling Chen)
8. Balin, by Chen Qiufan (translated by Ken Liu)
9. The Radio Waves That Never Die, by La La (translated by Petula Parris-Huang)
10. 1923: A Fantasy, by Zhao Haihong (translated by Nicky Harman and Pang Zhaoxia)
Part III: Other Futures
11. The Passengers and the Creator, by Han Song (translated by Nathaniel Isaacson)
12. The Reincarnated Giant, by Wang Jinkang (translated by Carlos Rojas)
13. The Rain Forest, by Chi Hui (translated by Jie Li)
14. The Demon’s Head, by Fei Dao (translated by David Hull)
15. Songs of Ancient Earth, by Bao Shu (translated by Adrian Thieret)
Notes
Recommended Reading
Contributors
About the author
Mingwei Song is associate professor of Chinese at Wellesley College. He is the author of Young China: National Rejuvenation and the Bildungsroman, 1900-1959 (2015).
Theodore Huters is professor emeritus in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include Bringing the World Home: Appropriating the West in Late Qing and Early Republican China (2005).
Summary
A new wave of Chinese science fiction is here. This anthology showcases the best of contemporary science fiction from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the People’s Republic of China in fifteen short stories and novel excerpts. The Reincarnated Giant is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of the genre.
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In showcasing representative works of science fiction by authors from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the People’s Republic of China, The Reincarnated Giant provides readers with a fascinating and multifaceted glimpse into China’s near (and not-so-near?) future(s). Thank you to the writers, translators, and editors for the existence of this work of scholarship and art. It is timely and timeless. It is stunning. It is necessary.
