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To Hold Up the Sky assembles a selection of Liu Cixin’s hard science fiction short stories, rendered into English from the original Chinese. The tales—ranging from “The Village Teacher” to “The Thinker”—probe the implications of advanced technology, human ingenuity, and encounters with the unknown, offering readers a glimpse into the speculative visions that define contemporary Chinese science fiction.

First publish date: 2020

Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction

Authors: 刘慈欣

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