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A view from the stars / Cixin Liu ; translated by Andy Dudak, Jesse Field, Elizabeth Hanlon, Emily Xueni Jin, Adam Lanphier, S. Qiouyi Lu, Henry Zhang.
Van Pelt Library PL2947.C59 V54 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liu, Cixin, author, interviewee.
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liu, Cixin--Translations into English.
- Liu, Cixin.
- Liu, Cixin--Interviews.
- Engineering--Fiction.
- Engineering.
- Scientists--Fiction.
- Scientists.
- Science fiction.
- Science fiction--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Science fiction.
- Essays.
- Short stories.
- short stories.
- interviews.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 203 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : TOR Publishing Group, 2024.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Chinese.
- Summary:
- A View from the Stars is a collection of short fiction and nonfiction pieces from Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling author of The Three-Body Problem. Included are essays and interviews that shed light on Liu's experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years"--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Time enough for love / translated by Adam Lanphier
- Whale song / translated by S. Qiouyi Lu
- A journey in search of home : on the inclusion of "The Wandering Earth" in the 30th anniversary of Science fiction world / translated by Henry Zhang
- The messenger / translated by Andy Dudak
- Thirty years of making magic out of ordinariness : celebrating Science fiction world's thirtieth anniversary / translated by Henry Zhag
- Butterfly / translated by Elizabeth Hanlon
- One and one hundred thousand Earths / translated by Jesse Field
- On finishing Death's end, the last book in the Remembrance of Earth's past trilogy / translated by Henry Zhang
- The battle between sci-fi and fantasy ; The "Church" of sci fi : on depictions of the universe in science fiction / translated by Adam Lanphier
- End of the microcosmos / translated by S. Qiouyi Lu
- Poetic science fiction / translated by Emily Xueni Jin
- Civilization's expansion in reverse / translated by Adam Lanphier
- Destiny / translated by Andy Dudak
- The dark forest theory / translated by Emily Xueni Jin
- The world in fifty years / translated by Adam Lanphier
- Heard it in the morning / translated by Jesse Field
- On ball lightning, an interview with Liu Cixin ; We're sci-fi fans / translated by Adam Lanphier.
- Notes:
- Short stories, essays, and interviews originally published 1998-2015.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781250292117
- 1250292115
- OCLC:
- 1379831846
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