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 ‘Moonlight, ’ a man is contacted by three future versions of himself, each trying to save their world from destruction. Hao Jingfang’s ‘The New Year Train’ 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:

Goodnight, Melancholy by Xia Jia

The Snow of Jinyang by Zhang Ran

Broken Stars by Tang Fei

Submarines by Han Song

Salinger and the Koreans by Han Song

Under a Dangling Sky by Cheng Jingbo

What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear by Baoshu
The New Year Train by Hao Jingfang

The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales by Fei Dao

Moonlight by Liu Cixin

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Laba Porridge by Anna Wu

The First Emperor’s Games by Ma Boyong

Reflection by Gu Shi
The Brain Box by Regina Kanyu Wang
Coming of the Light by Chen Qiufan

A History of Future Illnesses by Chen Qiufan

Essays:

A Brief Introduction to Chinese Science Fiction and Fandom, by Regina Kanyu Wang,

A New Continent for China Scholars: Chinese Science Fiction Studies by Mingwei Song
Science Fiction: Embarrassing No More by Fei Dao

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