UID:
edocfu_9958925215102883
Format:
1 online resource :
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no art
ISBN:
9780231542548
Series Statement:
Weatherhead Books on Asia
Content:
A new wave of Chinese science fiction is here. This golden age has not only resurrected the genre but also subverted its own conventions. Going beyond political utopianism and technological optimism, contemporary Chinese writers conjure glittering visions and subversive experiments—ranging from space opera to cyberpunk, utopianism to the posthuman, and parodies of China’s rise to deconstructions of the myth of national development.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 opens a doorway into imaginary realms alongside our own world and the history of the future. Authors such as Lo Yi-chin, Dung Kai-cheung, Han Song, Chen Qiufan, and the Hugo winner Liu Cixin—some alive during the Cultural Revolution, others born in the 1980s—blur the boundaries between realism and surrealism, between politics and technology. They tell tales of intergalactic war; decoding the last message sent from an extinct human race; the use of dreams as tools to differentiate cyborgs and humans; poets’ strange afterlife inside a supercomputer; cannibalism aboard an airplane; and unchecked development that leads to uncontrollable catastrophe. At a time when the Chinese government promotes the “Chinese dream,” the dark side of the new wave shows a nightmarish unconscious. The Reincarnated Giant is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of the genre.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction: Does Science Fiction Dream of a Chinese New Wave? /
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PART I: OTHER REALITIES --
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1. REGENERATED BRICKS /
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2. THE VILLAGE SCHOOLTEACHER /
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3. HISTORIES OF TIME: THE LUSTER OF MUTE PORCELAIN (EXCERPTS) /
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4. THE DREAM DEVOURER /
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5. THE DEMON-ENSLAVING FLASK /
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PART II: OTHER US --
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6. THE POETRY CLOUD /
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7. “SCIENCE FICTION”: A CHAPTER OF DAUGHTER /
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8. BALIN, BY CHEN QIUFAN /
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9. THE RADIO WAVES THAT NEVER DIE /
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10. 1923: A FANTASY /
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PART III: OTHER FUTURES --
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11. THE PASSENGERS AND THE CREATOR /
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12. THE REINCARNATED GIANT /
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13. THE RAIN FOREST /
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14. THE DEMON’S HEAD /
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15. SONGS OF ANCIENT EARTH, BY BAO SHU /
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Notes --
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Recommended Reading --
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Contributors
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In English.
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/song18022
