Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
By: Ken Liu
3.85
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGYSixteen short stories from China's groundbreaking science fi…
Want to Read $ 12.99"Meaning was not reducible to language. But if it couldn't be spoken about, how could it exist?"-Ken Liu, Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
"Meaning was not reducible to language. But if it couldn't be spoken about, how could it exist?"-Ken Liu, Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
"Meaning was not reducible to language. But if it couldn't be spoken about, how could it exist?"-Ken Liu, Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
"Yellow-Beard said, “All the fire-oil carriages running about in Jinyang were built here. They make up more than half the Institute’s income. The newest model will be released soon. It’s called Elong Musk—for the long-lasting fragrance of fire-oil after the vehicle darts out of sight. Even the name sounds fast!"-Ken Liu, Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
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1. Conservation of Shadows
By: Aliette de Bodard , Yoon Ha Lee
4.03
Format: 332 pages, Paperback
There is no such thing as conservation of shadows. When light destroys shadows, darkness does not g… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
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"This time they're making sure they can hold what they take: conquest is always easier than subjugation."-Aliette de Bodard, Conservation of Shadows
"What was a shadow, after all, but a shape in the moving world reduced to a projection of possibilities?"-Aliette de Bodard, Conservation of Shadows
"The man doesn't look like he belongs in a world of parking tickets and potted begonias and pencil sharpeners. But he can learn, the way you have."-Aliette de Bodard, Conservation of Shadows
"Schrödinger's cat has far more than nine lives, and far fewer. All of us are unknowing cats, alive and dead at once, and of all the might-have-beens in between, we record only one."-Aliette de Bodard, Conservation of Shadows
2. The Refrigerator Monologues
By: Catherynne M. Valente , Annie Wu
4.05
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The lives of six female superheroes and the girlfriends of superheroes. A ferocious riff on women i… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fantasy
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"I was better than a punk. I was a protaganist."-Catherynne M. Valente, The Refrigerator Monologues
"Never give up your voice for a man, you fucking guppy. "-Catherynne M. Valente, The Refrigerator Monologues
"Rich girls aren’t criminals, don’t you know? They’re just troubled, poor things."-Catherynne M. Valente, The Refrigerator Monologues
"Falling in love is embarrassing. It is not hardcore. It is not part of the scene."-Catherynne M. Valente, The Refrigerator Monologues
3. Stories of Your Life and Others
By: Ted Chiang
4.26
Format: 281 pages, ebook
What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we… read more
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"Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"I remember when you'll be a month old, and I'll stumble out of bed to give you your 2:00 a.m. feeding."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
4. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
By: Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen
4.41
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
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5. The Delirium Brief (Laundry Files, #8)
By: Charles Stross
4.20
Format: 32 pages,
Bob Howard's career in the Laundry, the secret British government agency dedicated to protecting th… read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
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6. The Nightmare Stacks (Laundry Files, #7)
By: Charles Stross
3.33
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
Alex Schwartz had a promising future - until he contracted an unfortunate bout of vampirism, and ag… read more
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7. Winter Tide (The Innsmouth Legacy, #1)
By: Ruthanna Emrys
3.76
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
After attacking Devil's Reef in 1928, the U.S. Government rounded up the people of Innsmouth and to… read more
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8. The Wandering Earth
By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None
3.73
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more
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9. The Apocalypse Codex (Laundry Files, #4)
By: Charles Stross
4.36
Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition
Bob Howard used to fix computers for the Laundry, the branch of the British Secret Service that dea… read more
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10. The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories
By: Yu Chen
3.85
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story … read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- anthologies
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- china
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11. Exhalation
By: Ted Chiang
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more
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- anthologies
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"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
12. Supernova Era
By: Liu Cixin
3.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author of The Three Body Prob… read more
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"I really can’t keep it up anymore,"-Liu Cixin, Supernova Era
"All you need to understand right now is this: the world isn't what it used to be"-Liu Cixin, Supernova Era
13. Vagabonds
By: Hao Jingfang
3.39
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
A century after the Martian war of independence, a group of kids are sent to Earth as delegates fro… read more
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- asia
- science fiction fantasy
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- science fiction
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14. Ball Lightning
By: Liu Cixin
3.79
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A new standalone military SF adventure from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Three-B… read more
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- asia
- science fiction fantasy
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- asian literature
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"I realized that beauty for most people is characterized by fragility and powerlessness. True beauty needs to be supported by an internal strength, and develop itself through sensations like terror an…"-Liu Cixin, Ball Lightning
15. A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays
By: Cixin Liu
3.54
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
"We’re mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and f… read more
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16. To Hold Up the Sky
By: Liu Cixin
3.82
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling author of The Three-Body Problem, To Hold Up the Sky… read more
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"If we’re going to be blind, let’s both be blind. If we’re going to be deaf, let’s both be deaf."-Liu Cixin, To Hold Up the Sky
"There’s no reason to believe that the pace of life for all beings in the universe is like that of humanity."-Liu Cixin, To Hold Up the Sky
"Imagine if DNA never made mistakes, always replicating and inheriting with perfect fidelity. What would life on Earth become?"-Liu Cixin, To Hold Up the Sky
"The strongest feeling I’ve gotten from my time in this age is that we’re beyond the time when knowledge can explain everything."-Liu Cixin, To Hold Up the Sky
17. The Redemption of Time (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #4)
By: Baoshu
3.63
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Set in the universe of the New York Times bestselling Three-Body Problem trilogy, The Redemption of… read more
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18. Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction
By: Xueting Christine Ni
4.01
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
A stunning collection of the best in Chinese Science Fiction, from Award-Winning legends to up-and-… read more
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19. Waste Tide
By: Chen Qiufan
3.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
12 hrs 15 mins Mimi is a 'waste girl', a member of the lowest caste on Silicon Isle. Located of… read more
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"Uncle Chen's laugh was gentle, and he looked at the young man with pity and affection. "Remember, from the beginning of history till now, we have had only one society: a society based on the law of t…"-Chen Qiufan, Waste Tide
"So selfish. Chen Kaizong's first response upon hearing the elder's soliloquy was disgust. He knew very well how people were exploited and oppressed. This was a common theme throughout history: take a…"-Chen Qiufan, Waste Tide
20. Radicalized
By: Cory Doctorow
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Here are four urgent stories from author and activist Cory Doctorow, four social, technological and… read more
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21. Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
By: Ken Liu
3.85
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGYSixteen short stories from China's groundbreaking science fi… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- anthologies
- chinese literature
- short stories
- fiction
- asian literature
- china
- fantasy
- science fiction
"Meaning was not reducible to language. But if it couldn't be spoken about, how could it exist?"-Ken Liu, Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
"Yellow-Beard said, “All the fire-oil carriages running about in Jinyang were built here. They make up more than half the Institute’s income. The newest model will be released soon. It’s called Elong …"-Ken Liu, Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
"It was three-quarters of the way into the hour of the sheep, after lunch but well before dinner, naturally a fine time for business in the brothels of Xuanren Ward. Powder and perfume steamed in the …"-Ken Liu, Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
"Las escalonadas ramas verdes del antiguo cipresal, cual si de un cortafuegos se tratara, nos separan del ruido y el polvo del mundo secular. No obstante, mi vida diaria no es ni de lejos aburrida: ba…"-Ken Liu, Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
