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“The Village Teacher”
Copyright © 2000 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by Adam Lanphier
Originally published as 乡村教师 in 2000 by Science Fiction World in Chengdu.
“The Time Migration”
Copyright © 2014 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by Joel Martinsen
Originally published as 时间移民 in 2014 by Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House in Nanjing.
“2018-04-01”
Copyright © 2009 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by John Chu
Originally published as 2018-04-01 in 2009 by Esquire China in Beijing.
“Fire in the Earth”
Copyright © 2000 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by Joel Martinsen
Originally published as 地火 in 2000 by Science Fiction World in Chengdu.
“Contraction”
Copyright © 1985 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by John Chu
Originally published as 坍缩 in 1999 by Science Fiction World in Chongqing.
“Mirror”
Copyright © 2004 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by Carmen Yiling Yan
Originally published as 镜子 in 2004 by Science Fiction World in Chengdu.
“Ode to Joy”
Copyright © 2005 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by Joel Martinsen
Originally published as 欢乐颂 in 2005 by The Novoland Fantasy in Chengdu.
“Full-Spectrum Barrage Jamming”
Copyright © 2001 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by Carmen Yiling Yan
Originally published as 全频带阻塞干扰 in 2001 by Science Fiction World in Chengdu.
“Sea of Dreams”
Copyright © 2002 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by John Chu
Originally published as 梦之海 in 2017 by Asimov’s Science Fiction in New York.
“Cloud of Poems”
Copyright © 2003 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by Carmen Yiling Yan
Originally published as 诗云 in 2003 by Science Fiction World in Chengdu.
“The Thinker”
Copyright © 2003 by Liu Cixin
English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.
Translated by John Chu
Originally published as 思想者 in 2003 by Science Fiction World in Chengdu.