Broken stars. Contemporary Chinese science fiction in translation
translated and edited by Ken Lui
Copyright (©) 2019 by Ken Liu «Goodnight, Melancholy» (《晚安，忧郁》) by Xia Jia (夏笳), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: Science Fiction World (《科幻世界》), June 2015; first English publication: Clarkesworld, March 2017. English text © 2017 Xia Jia and Ken Liu. «The Snow of Jinyang» (《晋阳三尺雪》) by Zhang Ran (张冉), translated by Carmen Yiling Yan and Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: New Science Fiction (《新科幻》), January 2014; first English publication: Clarkesworld, June 2016. English text © 2016 Zhang Ran, Carmen Yiling Yan, and Ken Liu. «Broken Stars» (《碎星星》) by Tang Fei (糖匪), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: Zui Found
(《文艺风赏》), September 2016; first English publication: SQ Mag, January 2016. English text © 2016 Tang Fei and Ken Liu. «Submarines» (《潜艇》) by Han Song (韩松), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: Southern People Weekly (《南方人物周刊》), November 17, 2014; first English publication in this volume. English text © 2017 Han Song and Ken Liu. «Salinger and the Koreans» (《塞林格与朝鲜人》) by Han Song (韩松), translated by Ken Liu. FirstChinese and English publication: 《故事新编》/ Tales of Our Time, 2016. English text © 2016 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York. «Under a Dangling Sky» (《倒悬的天空》) by Cheng Jingbo (程婧波), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication Science Fiction World (《科幻世界》), December 2004; first English publication in this volume. English text © 2017 Cheng Jingbo and Ken Liu. «What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear» by Bao Shu
(宝树), translated by Ken Liu. No Chinese publication; first English publication: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March-April, 2015. English text © 2015 Bao Shu and Ken Liu. «The New Year Train» (《过年回家》) by Hao Jingfang (郝景芳), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: ELLE China, January 2017; first English publication in this volume. English text © 2017 Hao Jingfang and Ken Liu. «The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales» (《爱吹牛的机器人》) by Fei Dao (飞氘), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: Zui Found (《文艺风赏》), November 2014; first English publication: Clarkesworld, April 2017. English text © 2017 Fei Dao and Ken Liu. «Moonlight» (《月夜》) by Liu Cixin (刘慈欣), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: Life (《生活》), February 2009; first English publication in this volume. English text © 2017 Liu Cixin and Ken Liu «The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Laba Porridge» (《宇宙尽头的餐馆 腊八粥》), by Anna Wu (吴霜), translated by Carmen Yiling Yan and Ken Liu. First Chinese publication in Zui Novel (《最小说》), May 2014; first English publication: Galaxy’s Edge, May 2015. English text © 2015 Anna Wu, Carmen Yiling Yan, and Ken Liu. «The First Emperor's Games» (《秦始皇的假期》), by Ma Boyong (马伯庸), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: Play (《家用电脑与游戏》), June 2010; first English publication in this volume. English text © 2017 Ma Boyong and Ken Liu. «Reflection» (《倒影》), by Gu Shi (顾适), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: Super Nice Magazine (《超好看》), July 2013; first English publication in this volume. English text © 2017 Gu Shi and Ken Liu. «The Brain Box» (《脑匣》), by Regina Kanyu Wang (王侃瑜), translated by Ken Liu. No Chinese publication; first English publication in this volume. English text © 2017 Regina Kanyu Wang and Ken Liu. «Coming of the Light» (《开光》) by Chen Qiufan (陈楸帆), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: OfflineHacker (《离线•黑客》), January 2015; first English publication: Clarkesworld, March 2015. English text © 2015 Chen Qiufan and Ken Liu. «A History of Future Illnesses» (《未来病史》), by Chen Qiufan (陈楸帆), translated by Ken Liu. First Chinese publication: Zui Found (《文艺风赏》), April-December 2012; first English publication: Pathlight, No.2 2016. English text © 2016 Chen Qiufan and Ken Liu. «A Brief Introduction to Chinese Science Fiction and Fandom,» by Regina Kanyu Wang, originally published in Mithila Review, November 2016. English text © 2016 Regina Kanyu Wang. «A New Continent for China Scholars: Chinese Science Fiction Studies,» by Mingwei Song. Not previously published. English text © 2017 Mingwei Song. «Science Fiction: Embarrassing No More» (《科幻：一种被治愈的尴尬症》), by Fei Dao (飞氘), translated by Ken Liu. No Chinese publication; first English publication in this volume. English text © 2017 Fei Dao and Ken Liu.
