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This book is a new collection of fantasy short stories by science fiction author Gu Shi, comprising eight novellas and short stories. It includes "Introduction to the Republication of ", which was nominated for a Hugo Award. "Introduction to the Republication of ": Nominated for "2024 Hugo Award Best Novelette Finalist", Winner of the 12th Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award for Best Short Story of 2020, Winner of the Best Short Story Award at the 2023 Inaugural Million Diaoyucheng Science Fiction Grand Prize. All 16 characters are female, depicting a cross-section of society in the hibernation era – do hibernating individuals retain economic rights? Does marriage persist? Should they still fulfill their parental obligations? Is abandoning everything and moving to the future a form of escape? And what about those who cannot hibernate and are "left behind"? "": Winner of the Best Science Fiction Short Story at the 2nd Sci-Fi Planet Awards, and a Short Story for 2023 at the 15th Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Awards. When floods hit, the AI escape system that was supposed to save her instead took it upon itself to save others. How does AI prioritize who to save? As she investigates, a confrontation between algorithm and humanity emerges. "" (new fantasy work): In this world, gods have no gender, nor do demons. The Heavenly Emperor falls in love with the fox demon sent to kill him. They constantly change genders, loving and killing each other, and finally come to understand each other through this process. "" (focusing on population aging and a redefinition of "loneliness"): After wearing a "magic mirror" that can analyze the meaning of others' micro-expressions, will relationships become closer or more distant? A lonely, slovenly, and ill-tempered old man appears to have a conventionally complete family; where does true "loneliness" come from? Gu Shi: Science fiction author, senior urban planner, member of the Chinese Writers Association. Since 2011, she has published over 300,000 words of science fiction in magazines such as "Science Fiction World", "Beijing Literature", and "Shanghai Literature". Her personal collection, "", has been published. She has won numerous important science fiction awards, including the Chinese Science Fiction Galaxy Award, the Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award Gold Prize, the Sci-Fi Planet Award for Literature, and the Million Diaoyucheng Science Fiction Grand Prize. Her work "" was nominated for the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novelette Finalist. Many of her works have been translated into multiple languages, including English, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Russian.

2024-08-01

新星出版社

Eight light culture

260

9787513357227