MCLC: science fiction sources

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: mingwei song <msong2 at wellesley.edu>
Subject: science fiction sources
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The MCLC community might be interested in this list that includes most of
the recent media reports (in English) about Chinese Science Fiction and
English translations of a few new writings by the so-called New Wave
Sci-fi writers from China.  The list is originally put together by Dr.
Zhang Feng, who was known in China's Sci-fi community by his i.d. SF.  He
also edited a huge amount of materials on Chinese science fiction (in
Chinese).

The forthcoming special issue of Renditions 77/78 will feature Chinese
Science Fiction from both the late Qing and contemporary times.  As the
guest editor of this special issue, I feel confident that my selection
showcases some of the best sci-fi works from China today.

Best,
Mingwei Song

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Fiction 

Ball Lightening by Liu Cixin (excerpt), translated by Joel Martinsen
(Words Without Border)
http://media.paper-republic.org/files/samples/LiuCixinBallLightning.pdf
http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/from-ball-lightning/

The Fish of Lijiang by Chen Qiufan, translated by Ken Liu (Clarkesworld)
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/chen_08_11/

The City of Silence by Ma Boyong, translated by Ken Liu (World SF Blog)
http://worldsf.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/tuesday-fiction-the-city-of-silence
-by-ma-boyong/ 

The Butterfly Effect by Fei Dao, translated by Nicky Harman (Chutzpah
Magazine) 
http://en.chutzpahmagazine.com.cn/EnNewDetails.aspx?id=115

The Thinker by Liu Cixin, translated by Joel Martinsen (Chutzpah Magazine)
http://en.chutzpahmagazine.com.cn/EnNewDetails.aspx?id=106

All the Water in the World by Han Song, translated by Anna Holmwood
(Chutzpah Magazine)
http://en.chutzpahmagazine.com.cn/EnNewDetails.aspx?id=105

Wizard World by Yang Ping, translated by Yang Ping (The Apex Book of World
SF) 
http://worldsf.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/wizard-world-by-yang-ping.pdf

The Wheel of Samsara by Han Song, translated by Han Song (The Apex Book of
World SF) 
http://io9.com/han-song/
http://worldsf.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/the-wheel-of-samsara-by-han-song
.pdf

Non-Fiction 

But Some of Us are Looking at the Stars by Kun Kun, translated by Lucy
Johnston 
http://en.chutzpahmagazine.com.cn/EnNewDetails.aspx?id=116
A nice profile of Chinese SF and its key figures.

China Daily on Han Song
http://worldsf.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/china-daily-on-han-song/

China Daily on Liu Cixin
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-12/17/content_11715438.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2010-12/17/content_11716724.htm

Interview with Zhao Haihong
http://smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journal/2010/05/03/zhao-haihong-interview/

Science Fiction in China, by Wu Yan with Janice Bogstad & Wang Pengfei
(World Literature Today)
http://www.ou.edu/worldlit/onlinemagazine/2010may/wuyan.html