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  • MediaDB / «Invisible planets. The latest Chinese fiction" Ken Liu, Liu Cixin, Chen Qiufan, Tang Fei, Chen Jingbo, Xia Jia, Ma Boyong, Hao Jingfang: download fb2, read online

    About the book: 2022 / Locus Award finalist. Invisible Planets is a groundbreaking anthology of contemporary Chinese fiction edited by writer Ken Liu. The collection includes Liu Cixin's Hugo Award-winning Caring for God, Hao Jingfang's Sturgeon Award-nominated The Folding Beijing, and other works by leading Chinese science fiction writers. However, there are simply no weak texts here: some stories have won awards, others have received recognition from serious critics, some have been selected for “best of the year” anthologies, and all of them are personal favorites of the brilliant compiler Ken Liu. The book also contains several essays on Chinese history fiction, biographies of writers and a preface by the compiler. Anyone interested in foreign science fiction should definitely add “Invisible Planets” to their collection. For the first time in Russian - a legendary collection of modern Chinese science fiction, containing stories by the stars of the genre - Liu Cixin, Chen Qiufan, Ken Liu and others! “A vision of unprecedented scope . An excellent anthology." – Publishers Weekly “Thoughtful and engaging fiction that opens the eyes of Western readers to the science fiction of a foreign and rich culture. My favorite story collection of the year." – SFBook Review.