The Reincarnated Giant: An Anthology of Twenty-First-Century Chinese Science Fiction

CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction: Does Science Fiction Dream of a Chinese New Wave?, by Mingwei Song PART I: OTHER REALITIES 1. REGENERATED BRICKS, BY HAN SONG (TRANSLATED BY THEODORE HUTERS) 2. THE VILLAGE SCHOOLTEACHER, BY LIU CIXIN (TRANSLATED BY CHRISTOPHER ELFORD AND JIANG CHENXIN) 3. HISTORIES OF TIME: THE LUSTER OF MUTE PORCELAIN (EXCERPTS), BY DUNG KAI-CHEUNG (TRANSLATED AND INTRODUCED BY CARLOS ROJAS) 4. THE DREAM DEVOURER (CHAPTERS 5-7), BY EGOYAN ZHENG (TRANSLATED BY CARA HEALEY) 5. THE DEMON-ENSLAVING FLASK, BY XIA JIA (TRANSLATED BY LINDA RUI FENG) PART II: OTHER US 6. THE POETRY CLOUD, BY LIU CIXIN (TRANSLATED BY CHI-YIN IP AND CHEUK WONG) 7. "SCIENCE FICTION": A CHAPTER OF DAUGHTER, BY LO YI-CHIN (TRANSLATED BY THOMAS MORAN AND JINGLING CHEN) 8. BALIN, BY CHEN QIUFAN (TRANSLATED BY KEN LIU) 9. THE RADIO WAVES THAT NEVER DIE, BY LA LA (TRANSLATED BY PETULA PARRIS-HUANG) 10. 1923: A FANTASY, BY ZHAO HAIHONG (TRANSLATED BY NICKY HARMAN AND PANG ZHAOXIA) PART III: OTHER FUTURES 11. THE PASSENGERS AND THE CREATOR, BY HAN SONG (TRANSLATED BY NATHANIEL ISAACSON) 12. THE REINCARNATED GIANT, BY WANG JINKANG (TRANSLATED BY CARLOS ROJAS) 13. THE RAIN FOREST, BY CHI HUI (TRANSLATED BY JIE LI) 14. THE DEMON'S HEAD, BY FEI DAO (TRANSLATED BY DAVID HULL) 15. SONGS OF ANCIENT EARTH, BY BAO SHU (TRANSLATED BY ADRIAN THIERET) Notes