A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays -- Cixin Liu - Hardcover
"We're mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and float like clouds of gas between nebulae; in a flash, we can reach the edge of the universe, or tunnel into a quark, or swim within a star-core. . . . We're as unassuming as fireflies, yet our numbers grow like grass in spring. We sci-fi fans are people from the future."--Cixin Liu, from the essay "Sci-Fi Fans"
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. "Science fiction without guile, without snark, without ironic disaffection and all its exhausting modern baggage. It just asks what would happen? Waits for someone to answer. And then it asks again."--NPR on the works of Cixin LiuAuthor: Cixin Liu
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.30w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9781250292117
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2023 pg. 12
Publishers Weekly 02/12/2024
Booklist 02/15/2024 pg. 36
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2024
About the Author
CIXIN LIU is the most prolific and popular science fiction writer in the People's Republic of China. Liu is an eight-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo) and a winner of the Chinese Nebula Award. Prior to becoming a writer, he worked as an engineer in a power plant. His novels include The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death's End.