A View from the Stars
Stories and Essays
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Publisher Description
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Three-Body Problem series—now a Netflix Original series—A View from the Stars is a new collection of short fiction and nonfiction pieces.
A VIEW FROM THE STARS features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu's prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time. This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu's experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years.
“A vital collection. . . . down-to-earth, but unafraid to ask big questions.”—Publishers Weekly
The Three-Body Problem Series
The Three-Body Problem
The Dark Forest
Death's End
Other Books by Cixin Liu
Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up the Sky
The Wandering Earth
A View from the Stars
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With this vital collection of 19 essays, forewords, interviews, and early works, Hugo Award winner Liu (The Three-Body Problem) preaches for the "The ‘Church' of Sci-Fi." Distinguishing science fiction from other forms of literature in "Poetic Science Fiction," trans. by Emily Jin, Liu argues that a focus on worldbuilding and setting replaces mainstream fiction's emphasis on the inner lives of characters. In "Time Enough for Love," trans. by Adam Lanphier, Liu, who conceives of science fiction's mission as bringing readers an appreciation of the grandeur of the universe, describes years spent feeling isolated as a reader and writer of the genre, "standing solitary guard over a forlorn frontier." The fiction entries, featuring drug-smuggling cybernetic whales ("Whale Song," trans. by S. Qiouyi Lu) or chaos theory physicists trying to prevent a war with tiny nudges of global weather patterns ("Butterfly," trans. by Elizabeth Hanlon), may be more down-to-earth, but they're unafraid to ask big questions, including "What is the purpose of the universe?" ("Heard It in the Morning," trans. by Jesse Field). For Liu's many devoted fans, this will be a welcome compendium.
