[The cover image is from the 1989 horror movie „The Haunted House and the Bodyless Beauty“ (Xiongzhai meiren tou 凶宅美人头)…
A translation of the prologue from „China 2185“ by Liu Cixin
Liu Cixin’s debut novel never made it into print, but it is arguably one of Liu’s most notorious works, because…
Elephants without Trunks (part 2)
(part 1) Einen Elefanten für ein Schwein ausgeben Ein Auto der Marke „Pekinger“ brachte mich zum Institut für Viehzucht des…
Elephants without Trunks (part 1)
Chi Shuchang 迟叔昌 (1922-1997) is today one of the better-known science fiction writers of the socialist period. „Elephants without Trunks“…
Renmin Ribao 人民日报, May 30, 1958
During the 1950s and early 1960s, the reception of science fiction often focused on pedagogic issues and the question of…
Chen Qiufan: Introducing Chinese science fiction to the world
The following is a class-room translation of a speech Chen Qiufan gave in 2017 at the 8th Chinese Nebula Awards.…