Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

Resumen del libro

Award-winning translator and author Ken Liu presents a collection of short speculative fiction from China. Some stories have won awards (including Hao Jingfangs Hugo-winning novella, Folding Beijing); 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 New York Times bestseller Liu Cixins two stories) 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?

Biografía del autor

Ken Liu (1976) nació en Lanzhou (China) y emigró a Estados Unidos a los once años. Vive con su familia cerca de Boston, Massachusetts.<br> Considerado uno de los mejores autores de ficción breve de este siglo, ha participado en numerosas adaptaciones de sus obras como series de animación y su multipremiada colección "El zoo de papel y otros relatos" ha sido traducida a una docena de lenguas. "Huesos que hablan" es el volumen que cierra la saga épica iniciada con "La gracia de los reyes", que recibió el premio Locus en 2016.