Broken Stars

LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY

Sixteen short stories from China''s groundbreaking science fiction writers, edited and translated by award-winning author Ken Liu.

In Hugo award-winner Liu Cixin''s ΓÇÿMoonlight,ΓÇÖ a man is contacted by three future versions of himself, each trying to save their world from destruction. Hao JingfangΓÇÖs ΓÇÿThe New Year TrainΓÇÖ sees 1,500 passengers go missing on a train that vanishes into space. In the title story by Tang Fei, a young girl is shown how the stars can reveal the future.

In addition, three essays explore the history and rise of Chinese science fiction publishing, contemporary Chinese fandom, and how the growing interest in Chinese SF has impacted writers who had long laboured in obscurity.

By turns dazzling, melancholy and thought-provoking, Broken Stars celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of SFF voices emerging from China.

Stories include:
ΓÇ£Goodnight, MelancholyΓÇ¥ by Xia Jia
ΓÇ£The Snow of JinyangΓÇ¥ by Zhang Ran
ΓÇ£Broken StarsΓÇ¥ by Tang Fei
ΓÇ£SubmarinesΓÇ¥ by Han Song
ΓÇ£Salinger and the KoreansΓÇ¥ by Han Song
ΓÇ£Under a Dangling SkyΓÇ¥ by Cheng Jingbo
ΓÇ£What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light AppearΓÇ¥ by Baoshu
ΓÇ£The New Year TrainΓÇ¥ by Hao Jingfang
ΓÇ£The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall TalesΓÇ¥ by Fei Dao
ΓÇ£MoonlightΓÇ¥ by Liu Cixin
ΓÇ£The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Laba Porridge" by Anna Wu
ΓÇ£The First EmperorΓÇÖs GamesΓÇ¥ by Ma Boyong
ΓÇ£ReflectionΓÇ¥ by Gu Shi
ΓÇ£The Brain BoxΓÇ¥ by Regina Kanyu Wang
ΓÇ£Coming of the LightΓÇ¥ by Chen Qiufan
ΓÇ£A History of Future IllnessesΓÇ¥ by Chen Qiufan

Essays:
ΓÇ£A Brief Introduction to Chinese Science Fiction and Fandom,ΓÇ¥ by Regina Kanyu Wang,
ΓÇ£A New Continent for China Scholars: Chinese Science Fiction StudiesΓÇ¥ by Mingwei Song
ΓÇ£Science Fiction: Embarrassing No MoreΓÇ¥ by Fei Dao

For more Chinese SF in translation, check out Invisible Planets.