Invisible Planets

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Thirteen visions of the future from China's most exciting generation of science fiction writers, selected and translated by Hugo Award winner Ken Liu. The collection spans time and scale — from intimate character studies to cosmic dramas — but every story carries the distinctive mark of Chinese speculative fiction: a willingness to think in centuries, in civilizations, in consequences that ripple across deep time. Many of these authors belong to a younger generation that grew up reading both Chinese literary tradition and Western science fiction, and their work reflects that dual inheritance. The ideas are bold; the execution ranges from lyrical to austere; and Liu's translations preserve each writer's individual voice with remarkable fidelity. The essential anthology of contemporary Chinese science fiction — a window into how the world's fastest-changing nation imagines what comes next.