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480 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2019
We played and fought, fought and played, and before we knew it, our childhood had escaped us.
—"What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear," by Baoshu, p.155
You believe that the root of the problem is that each of us lives on a thin, smooth layer of illusions. These illusions are made up from "common sense," from repetitive daily linguistic acts and clichés, from imitating each other. On this iridescent film, we perform ourselves.
—"Goodnight, Melancholy," by Xia Jia, p.49
It was language, not tools, that separated humans from apes. The bridge between the signifier and the signified connected the world of subjectivity with the physical world.
—"A History of Future Illnesses," by Chen Qiufan, p.441
However, the history of Chinese science fiction has never been a continuous one.The 21st Century so far, though, has been a period where both Chinese and American SF have flowered—along with the speculative fictions of many other countries.
—"A New Continent for China Scholars," by Mingwei Song, p.468