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Sinopticon
''Sinopticon'' (or ''Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction'') is a science-fiction anthology edited and translated by Xueting Christine Ni composed of thirteen short stories by different Chinese writers, namely Gu Shi, Han Song, Hao Jingfang, Nian Yu, Wang Jinkang, Zhao Haihong, Tang Fei, Ma Boyong, Anna Wu, A Que, Baoshu, Regina Kanyu Wang and Jiang Bo. It was published by Solaris Books in November 2021. Contents Background "Tombs of the Universe" was published in 1991 in Taiwan and only ten years later in Mainland China as publishers found Han Song's tone too dark. "The Return of Adam" was Wang Jinkang's first short story and made up for his 10-year-old son. Reception Reviews ''Publishers Weekly'' wrote that "Xueting showcases the depth and breadth of Chinese sci-fi ... in this superior anthology that demonstrates the deep well of talent to be found beyond big names such as Liu Cixin." Its short stories "couch universal themes of the genre ... in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gu Shi (writer)
Gu Shi (, born 1985) is a Chinese science fiction writer and city planner. Life Gu Shi graduated at Tongji University in Shanghai and obtained a Master at the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design. Since 2012 researches at its department for city planning. Bibliography * ''The Last Save'', first published in 2013, published in the anthology ''Sinopticon'' in November 2021. * ''Reflection'', first published in 2013, published in the anthology '' Broken Stars'' in April 2020. * ''The Death of Nala'', first published in 2014, published in English in 2024. * ''Chimera'', first published in 2015, published in English in the ''Clarkesworld Magazine'' in 2016. * ''Möbius Continuum'', first published in 2016, published in English in 2017, published in German in the anthology ''Quantenträume'' Quantum Dreams"in September 2020, winner of the Galaxy Award in 2017. * ''Introduction to 2181 Overture: Second Edition'', first published in 2020, published in English in the ''Clarkesworld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Que
A Que (, born 1990 in Jinzhou, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China), the pseudonym of Li Wei (), is a Chinese science fiction writer. Life A Que studied at Sichuan University until 2014 and then joined the Fifth Hydropower Bureau of the Power Construction Corporation of China. Bibliography * LW31谋杀案, ''LW31 móushā àn'' Murder Case LW31" published in the magazine 萌芽, méngyá in 2013, published in German in the anthology ''Quantenträume'' Quantum Dreams"in September 2020. * 收割童年, ''Shōugē Tóngnián'' Harvesting Childhood" winner of the Galaxy Award in 2013. * 云鲸记, ''yún jīng jì'' Cloud Whale" winner of the Galaxy Award in 2017. * ''Flower of the Other Shore'' (彼岸花, Bǐ'ànhuā ), published in English in the anthology ''Sinopticon ''Sinopticon'' (or ''Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction'') is a science-fiction anthology edited and translated by Xueting Christine Ni composed of thirteen short stories by different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invisible Planets
''Invisible Planets'' (or ''Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation'') is a science-fiction anthology edited and translated by Ken Liu composed of thirteen short stories as well as three essays by different Chinese writers, namely Chen Qiufan, Xia Jia, Ma Boyong, Hao Jingfang, Tang Fei, Cheng Jingbo and Liu Cixin. It was published by Head of Zeus in March 2016. It contains the novelette " Folding Beijing", which won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2016, which also marked the first time a Chinese woman has won the award. Contents Short stories Essays Background In April 2017, Hao Jingfang announced that " Folding Beijing" would be adapted into a movie titled ''Folding City'' directed by Josh Kim by Wanda Media. In 2024, the movie is still in development. "Taking Care of God" also appeared in the collection ''The Wandering Earth'' by Liu Cixin and has a sequel, the short story " For the Benefit of Mankind", which won the Galaxy A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Song (writer)
Han Song ( zh , c=韩松 , hp=Hán Sōng ; born 1965) is a Chinese science fiction writer and a journalist at the Xinhua News Agency. Life Han was born in 1965 in Chongqing, a year before the Cultural Revolution was launched. During this period, Mao Zedong aimed to "purge" anti-revolutionary elements from Chinese society, including intellectuals and scientists. Nevertheless, Han's father, a journalist, brought home science magazines and books that fascinated his young son. Han went on to study English and journalism at university. His first novel, ''Cosmic Tombstones'' (''宇宙墓碑'') was published in 1981 in the Taiwanese magazine ''Huanxiang''. It waited ten years for publication in the People's Republic of China because publishers found its tone too dark. It was finally published in 1991, the year Han began working for state news agency Xinhua. Han has received the Chinese Galaxy Award for fiction six times. The ''LA Times'' described him as China's premier science fic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Science Fiction
Chinese science fiction (traditional Chinese: , simplified Chinese: , pinyin: ''kēxué huànxiǎng'', commonly abbreviated to ''kēhuàn'', literally ''scientific fantasy'') is genre of literature that concerns itself with hypothetical future social and technological developments in the Sinosphere. History by country or region Mainland China Late-Qing Dynasty Science fiction in China was initially popularized through translations of Western authors during the late-Qing dynasty by proponents of Western-style modernization such as Liang Qichao and Kang Youwei as a tool to spur technological innovation and scientific progress. With his translation of Jules Verne's 1888 novel '' Two Years' Vacation'' into Classical Chinese (as ''Fifteen Little Heroes''), Liang Qichao became one of the first and most influential advocates of science fiction in Chinese. In 1903, Lu Xun, who later became famous for his darkly satirical essays and short stories, translated Jules Verne's ''From th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Stars (anthology)
''Broken Stars'' (or ''Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation'') is a science fiction anthology edited and translated by Ken Liu composed of sixteen short stories as well as three essays by different Chinese writers, namely Xia Jia, Liu Cixin, Tang Fei, Han Song, Cheng Jingbo, Baoshu, Hao Jingfang, Fei Dao, Zhang Ran, Anna Wu, Ma Boyong, Gu Shi, Regina Kanyu Wang and Chen Qiufan. It was published by Tor Books in April 2020. Contents Short stories Essays Reception Reviews Gary K. Wolfe wrote in the ''Locus Magazine'' that "the contributors here may not show much interest in outer space or other traditional SF tropes, but they seem fascinated with questions of time and consciousness." He further wrote, that "some of the other stories reflect the blurring of genre and mainstream boundaries that has been increasingly common in much short fiction worldwide" and that the anthology "demonstrates that contemporary Chinese SF is as mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hao Jingfang
Hao Jingfang (; born 27 July 1984) is a Chinese science fiction writer. She won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for '' Folding Beijing'', translated by Ken Liu, at the 2016 Hugo Awards. Biography Hao Jingfang was born in Tianjin, on 27 July 1984. After high school, she studied, then worked, at Tsinghua University, in the area of physics. After noticing the economic inequality of China, she studied economics in Tsinghua University, obtained a doctoral degree in 2013, and has worked as a researcher at China Development Research Foundation since then. In 2002, as a high school student, she won the first prize at the 4th national high school "New Concept" writing competition (). In 2016, she won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for her work '' Folding Beijing''. She became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo Award. ''Vagabonds'' was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award. It follows the eighteen-year-old Luoying and her friends, who return to their home planet of Mars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Boyong
Ma Boyong (born 14 November 1980) is a Chinese novelist, columnist, and blogger. In the year of 2010, he won People's Literature Prize, one of China's most prestigious honors. Works The City of Silence His short story''The City of Silence'' was translated into English by science fiction writer Ken Liu and appeared in the anthology '' Invisible Planets'' published by Head of Zeus Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. Bloomsbury's head office is located on Bedford Square in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden. It has a US publishing office located in ... in November 2016. That translation is truer to the original author's intent then the Chinese version, which was self-censored. Ironically, the theme of that story is censorship; the setting of the Chinese version is fictional version of the New York City, while the English version takes place in a more neutral "Capital of the State", more easily invok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solaris Books
Solaris Books is an imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and anthologies. The range includes titles by both established and new authors. The range is owned by Rebellion Developments and distributed to the UK and US booktrade via local divisions of Simon & Schuster. History Solaris Books was founded in February 2007 by BL Publishing, to trade alongside their existing licence-based imprint the Black Library, and the then-existing Black Flame imprint. When asked why BLP had started the new imprint, Consulting Editor George Mann stated that "...between... the major corporate publishers... and... the small and independent press... there seems to be little or no room left for the midlist," and that Solaris would provide a mass-market platform for up-and-coming writers, or established writers with smaller readerships. In September 2009, it was announced that Solaris Books had been bought by Rebellion Developments, who also publish c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galaxy Award (China)
The Galaxy AwardClute, John"Yinhe Award" ''Science Fiction Encyclopedia'', 3rd edition. Accessed 21 Nov. 2017 ( zh, c=银河奖, p=Yínhé Jiǎng) is China's most prestigious science fiction award, which was started in 1986 by the magazines ''Tree of Wisdom'' ( zh, c=《智慧树》, p=Zhìhuì Shù) and ''Science Literature & Art'' ( zh, c=《科学文艺》, p=Kēxué Wényì). After ''Tree of Wisdom'' ceased publication soon afterwards, the award was organized solely by ''Science Literature & Art'', which was renamed to ''Science Fiction World'' ( zh, c=《科幻世界》, pinyin=Kēhuàn Shìjiè) in 1991. The structure of the prize has evolved, becoming an annual prize in 1991, and has recognized different categories. In September 2016, the 27th Galaxy Award was held at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics;, in November 2017, the 28th award ceremony was held in Chengdu, China.With Her Eyes"(1998); ** He Xi (as He Hongwei), 异域, ''yìyù'' ["Strange Land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Of Chinese
''The World of Chinese'' is a bi-monthly English magazine and web portal dedicated to Chinese language and culture. Each issue focuses on one specific aspect of Chinese culture and explores it in depth. Previous issues have used broad themes such as ''Adventure'', ''Social Media'' and ''Youth''. Along with culture, the magazine also looks at travel within China, and Chinese cuisine. The magazine was relaunched into its current format at the beginning of 2011. Whereas previous incarnations had included content such as business and economics, and had made much greater use of the Chinese language, this latest version leans more on contemporary issues in Chinese society. The aesthetic of the magazine was also completely overhauled, giving it a more unconventional appearance. The magazine is owned by The Commercial Press The Commercial Press () is the first modern publishing organization in China. The Commercial Press is known for its academic publishing and translation work in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Horizons
''Strange Horizons'' is an online magazine, online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and non-fiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in September 2000, and publishes new material (fiction, articles, reviews, poetry, and/or art) 51 weeks of the year, with an emphasis on "new, underrepresented, and global voices." The magazine was founded by writer and editor Mary Anne Mohanraj. It is registered with the Internal Revenue Service, IRS as 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization, non-profit organization. It has a staff of approximately sixty volunteers, and is unusual among professional speculative fiction magazines in being funded entirely by donations, holding annual fund drives. Editors-in-chief * Mary Anne Mohanraj, 2000–2003 * Susan Marie Groppi, 2004–2010 * Niall Harrison, 2010–2017 * Jane Crowley and Kate Dollarhyde, 2017–2019 * Vanessa Rose Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |