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Invisible Planets, edited by multi award-winning writer Ken Liu--translator of the bestselling and Hugo Award-winning novel The Three Body Problem by acclaimed Chinese author Cixin Liu--is his second thought-provoking anthology of Chinese short speculative fiction. Invisible Planets is a groundbreaking anthology of Chinese short speculative fiction. The thirteen stories in this collection, including two by Cixin Liu and the Hugo and Sturgeon award-nominated "Folding Beijing" by Hao Jingfang, add up to a strong and diverse representation of Chinese SF. Some have won awards, some have garnered serioius critical acclaim, some have been selected for Year''s Best anthologies, and some are simply Ken Liu''s personal favorites. To round out the collection, there are several essays from Chinese scholars and authors, plus an illuminating introduction by Ken Liu. Anyone with an interest in international science fiction will find Invisible Planets an indispensable addition to their collection. For more Chinese SF in translation, check out Broken Stars. Stories: "The Year of the Rat" by Chen Qiufan "The Fist of Lijian" by Chen Qiufan "The Flower of Shazui" by Chen Qiufan "A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight" by Xia Jia "Tongtong''s Summer" by Xia Jia "Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse" by Xia jia "The City of Silence" by Ma Boyong "Invisible Planets" by Hao Jingfang "Folding Beijing" by Hao Jingfang "Call Girl" by Tang Fei "Grave of the Fireflies" by Cheng Jingbo "The Circle" by Liu Cixin "Taking Care of God" by Liu Cixin Essays: "The Worst of All Possible Universes and the Best of All Possible Earths: Three-Body and Chinese Science Fiction" by Liu Cixin and Ken Liu "The Torn Generation" Chinese Science Fiction in a Culture in Transition" by Chen Qiufan and Ken Liu "What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese?" by Xia Jia and Ken Liu At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by Ken Liu.

One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time In the much-anticipated sequel to the “magnificent fantasy epic” (NPR) Grace of Kings, Emperor Kuni Garu is faced with the invasion of an invincible army in his kingdom and must quickly find a way to defeat the intruders. Kuni Garu, now known as Emperor Ragin, runs the archipelago kingdom of Dara, but struggles to maintain progress while serving the demands of the people and his vision. Then an unexpected invading force from the Lyucu empire in the far distant west comes to the shores of Dara—and chaos results. But Emperor Kuni cannot go and lead his kingdom against the threat himself with his recently healed empire fraying at the seams, so he sends the only people he trusts to be Dara’s savvy and cunning hopes against the invincible invaders: his children, now grown and ready to make their mark on history.

Von der TIME zu den 100 besten Fantasy-Büchern aller Zeiten gewählt Der Auftakt zu Ken Lius meisterhafter Seidenkrieger-Trilogie - ausgezeichnet mit dem Locus-Award für das beste Fantasy-Debüt 2016 Mit »Die Schwerter von Dara«, dem ersten Band der Seidenkrieger-Trilogie, hat Liu ein episches High-Fantasy-Werk geschaffen, in dem der Autor meisterhaft Elemente der chinesischen Mythologie mit politischen Intrigen und überzeugenden Charakteren mischt: Zwei Männer höchst unterschiedlicher Herkunft steigen gemeinsam zu Anführern einer Rebellion gegen den tyrannischen Kaiser auf. Sie sind sich näher als Brüder – und werden zu Todfeinden, als ein erbittertes Ringen um die Nachfolge des Herrschers beginnt. Der gerissene, charmante Kuni Garu, ein Bandit, und der strenge, furchtlose Mata Zyndu, der Sohn eines abgesetzten Herzogs, werden beim Aufstand gegen den Kaiser in eine Reihe von Abenteuern im Kampf gegen Armeen, in Seide gehüllte Luftschiffe und gestaltwandelnde Götter gezogen. Nach dem Sturz des Kaisers finden sich die beiden jedoch als Anführer verschiedener Fraktionen wieder – zwei Seiten mit sehr unterschiedlichen Vorstellungen darüber, wie die Welt geführt werden sollte und was Gerechtigkeit bedeutet. Als erster Autor ist Ken Liu für eine Short Story sowohl mit dem ›Nebula‹ als auch mit dem ›Hugo‹ und dem ›World Fantasy Award‹ ausgezeichnet worden. »Erzählt in Lius eleganter, intelligenter Prosa, ist der Roman ein prächtiges Fest epischer Fantasy.« Rob Bedford, SFF World »Die Schwerter von Dara« ist der erste Teil der Seidenkrieger-Reihe. Die epische High-Fantasy-Serie ist in folgender Reihenfolge erschienen: Die Schwerter von Dara - Seidenkrieger Band 1 Die Götter von Dara - Seidenkrieger Band 2 Die Stürme von Dara - Seidenkrieger Band 3

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (29 pagine) - Gli uomini non sono uccelli, non sanno volare. Ma possono imparare Xana era il regno più povero e debole dell''Arcipelago. La sua unica speranza di poter mantenere l''indipendenza era stata riposta nelle Forze Aeree: e proprio a Kino, giovane ingegnere di belle speranze, era stato affidato l''incarico di trovare il modo di trasformare quei piccoli aquiloni da ricognizioni in armi capaci di cambiare la sorte della guerra. Gli uomini, a differenza degli uccelli, non sono fatti per volare. Ma gli uccelli possono insegnare qualcosa, a chi è abbastanza attento e intelligente da riuscire a comprendere il loro segreto. Nato in Cina ed emigrato fin da piccolo negli Stati Uniti, Ken Liu è uno degli autori più interessanti nel piccolo ma vivace gruppo di scrittori fantastici cino-americani. Più volte finalista e vincitore dei premi Hugo e Nebula, attinge spesso per le sue storie alla tradizione cinese, intessendola con elementi fantastici o fantascientifici. È anche traduttore dal cinese all''inglese. Tra i suoi racconti pubblicati in italia Il serraglio di carta (Robot), Mono No Aware (Future Fiction) e L''aria non appartiene a nessuno (prossima pubblicazione su Robot).

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (32 pagine) - La Conquista della Terra era stata un bagno di sangue. Ma ora i Tawnin volevano dimenticare il passato Quello che i Tawnin, gli alieni che anni addietro avevano conquistato la Terra, cercavano di insegnare agli umani è che non siamo individui, ma insiemi di doverse persone che coabitano nello stesso corpo. Così, quando qualcuno era condannato per un delitto, i Tawnin non facevano altro che cancellare la parte corrotta della sua personalità salvando il resto. Era una Rinascita, l''inizio di una nuova vita. Nato in Cina ed emigrato fin da piccolo negli Stati Uniti, Ken Liu è uno degli autori più interessanti nel piccolo ma vivace gruppo di scrittori fantastici cino americani. Più volte finalista e vincitore dei premi Hugo e Nebula, attinge spesso per le sue storie alla tradizione cinese, intessendola con elementi fantastici o fantascientifici. È anche traduttore dal cinese all''inglese. Tra i suoi racconti pubblicati in italia Il serraglio di carta (Robot), Mono No Aware (Future Fiction) e L''aria non appartiene a nessuno (prossima pubblicazione su Robot).

Dragons, Droids & Doom: Year One is a collection of all the stories published by Fantasy Scroll Magazine''s in its first year. It includes a wide range of speculative short stories from fantasy to science fiction to horror. Some stories deal with death, others may leave you laughing to death. It''s all here, and it''s fantastic.

Premios Hugo 2010 y 2014, Nebula 2013, British Science Fiction 2012 En A la deriva en el Mar de las Lluvias y otros relatos el lector podra encontrar emotivas historias acerca del ultimo viaje espacial de una madura mujer astronauta, de las consecuencias de comercializar munecas capaces de superar el test de Turing, del uso de la animacion suspendida para la explotacion comercial de cadaveres, del dificil camino hacia el entendimiento y el perdon, de la subjetividad en el terreno de la percepcion, de relaciones familiares alternativas surgidas tras un desastre ecologico, bellisimas historias de amor en clave de poema y nuevas oportunidades para la humanidad tras la completa des- truccion de la Tierra. Piezas de ciencia ficcion de futuro cercano en su mayoria, inquietantes, sorprendentes, narradas con gran sensibilidad y poseedoras de un fuerte componente filosofico, de la mano de escritores tan destacados como Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Liu, Will McIntosh, Mike Resnick, Ted Chiang, Rachel Swirsky, Carrie Vaughn e Ian Sales; cinco hombres y tres mujeres que evidencian la riqueza y solidez de la narrativa de ciencia ficcion actual."

One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time Two men rebel together against tyranny—and then become rivals—in this first sweeping book of an epic fantasy series from Ken Liu, recipient of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards. Hailed as one of the best books of 2015 by NPR. Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, silk-draped airships, and shapeshifting gods. Once the emperor has been overthrown, however, they each find themselves the leader of separate factions—two sides with very different ideas about how the world should be run and the meaning of justice. Fans of intrigue, intimate plots, and action will find a new series to embrace in the Dandelion Dynasty.

Following the exceptionally well received Solaris Rising 1, 1.5 (e-only) and the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated Solaris Rising 2, series editor Ian Whates brings even more best selling and cutting edge SF authors together for the latest extraodrinary volume of new orginal ground-breaking stories. These stories are guaranteed to surprise, thrill and delight, and continue our mission to demonstrate why science fiction remains the most exiting, varied and inspiring of all fiction genres. In Solaris Rising 1 and 2 we showed both the quality and variety that modern science fiction can produce. In Solaris Rising 3, we''ll be taking SF into the outer reaches of the universe. Aliette de Bodard, Tony Ballantyne, Julie Czerneda, Ken Liu, Alex Dally McFarlane, Gareth L Powell, Adam Roberts, Cat Sparks, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Ian Watson, and Sean Williams are just some of the exciting names set to appear.

There''s something compelling about the shine of clicking brass clockwork and hiss of steam-driven automatons. But there was something missing. It was easy to find excellent stories of American and British citizens... but we rarely got to see steampunk from the point of view of the rest of the world. Until now. Steampunk World is a showcase for nineteen authors to flip the levers and start the pistons and invite you to experience the entirety of steampunk.

Fantasy Scroll Magazine is an online, quarterly publication featuring science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal short-fiction. The magazine’s mission is to publish high-quality, entertaining, and thought-provoking speculative fiction. With a mixture of short stories, flash fiction, and micro-fiction, Fantasy Scroll Magazine aims to appeal to a wide audience. Issue #1 brings you twelve short stories from authors such as Ken Liu, Seth Chambers, KJ Kabza, Alex Shvartsman, Hank Quense, and more. The magazine contains a well-balanced mix of original stories and reprints from new authors, bestsellers, and award-winning writers, plus a variety of nonfiction features, such as author and editor interviews, book reviews, and movie reviews. The magazine is open to most sub-genres of science fiction, including hard SF, military, apocalyptic & post-apocalyptic, space opera, time travel, cyberpunk, steampunk, and humorous. Similarly for fantasy, we accept most sub-genres, including alternate world, dark fantasy, heroic, high or epic, historical, medieval, mythic, sword & sorcery, urban fantasy, and humorous. The magazine also publishes horror and paranormal short fiction.

The second in a series of story groupings based upon a pre-existing work of art, in this case a Richard Anderson painting. The first such group, The Palencar Project, was published by Tor.com in 2012. Ken Liu is among the most prominent new award-winning Science Fiction writers of the last decade, and in "Reborn" his vision of a really uncanny alien invasion set in Boston, MA, is a stunner, with echoing reverberations, of love, identity, resistance and revolution. Judith Moffett is a poet, biographer, and SF writer who somehow manages to blend all these passions in a story about a new art form involving the science of dreaming, and interpreting dreams, and art. Give a poet a painting to write a story about and you get "Space Ballet", in which students at the Center for Dream Research struggle to interpret a cryptic precognitive dream, a group effort that may avert a disaster. Kathleen Ann Goonan''s stories and novels often evoke a deep desire for some form of utopian future, both better and somehow wilder that the present. Her story "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" is about an animal rights activist and a genius parrot, inter-species communication, and the dream of space, a great leap forward in several ways. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Future SF is a magazine focusing on international science fiction. In this issue we feature stories from the Czech Republic, Catalonia, Russia, and the United States.

Coffee plays a major role in each of the stories collected in this book. Brewed from such fine ingredients as magic, wonder, humor, and romance, Coffee serves up a unique blend of the fantastic you won''t be able to put down.