“Invisible Planets” by Hao Jingfang. First Chinese publication: New Science Fiction, February–April 2010; first English publication: Lightspeed, December 2013, translated by Ken Liu. English text © 2013 by Hao Jingfang and Ken Liu.
“Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang. First Chinese publication: ZUI Found, February 2014; first English publication: Uncanny, January–February 2015, translated by Ken Liu. English text © 2015 by Hao Jingfang and Ken Liu.
“Call Girl” by Tang Fei. First Chinese publication: Nebula, August 2014; first English publication: Apex, June 2013, translated by Ken Liu. English text © 2013 by Tang Fei and Ken Liu.
“Grave of the Fireflies” by Cheng Jingbo. First Chinese publication: Science Fiction: Literary, July 2005; first English publication: Clarkesworld, January 2014, translated by Ken Liu. English text © 2014 by Cheng Jingbo and Ken Liu.
“The Circle” by Liu Cixin. First English publication: Carbide Tipped Pens, eds. Ben Bova and Eric Choi, 2014 (Tor Books), translated by Ken Liu. English text © 2014 by Liu Cixin and Ken Liu.
“Taking Care of God” by Liu Cixin. First Chinese publication: Science Fiction World, January 2005; first English publication, Pathlight, April 2012. English text © 2012 by Liu Cixin and Ken Liu.
“The Worst of All Possible Universes and the Best of All Possible Earths: Three-Body and Chinese Science Fiction” by Liu Cixin. Tor.com, May 7, 2014. English text © 2014 by Liu Cixin and Ken Liu.
“The Torn Generation: Chinese Science Fiction in a Culture in Transition” by Chen Qiufan. Tor.com, May 15, 2014. English text © 2014 by Chen Qiufan and Ken Liu.
“What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese?” by Xia Jia. Tor.com, July 22, 2014. English text © 2014 by Xia Jia and Ken Liu.
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INVISIBLE PLANETS: CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SCIENCE FICTION IN TRANSLATION
Copyright © 2016 by Ken Liu
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