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These tales view our past and future through Chinese culture. Лю Цысинь shows how science meets the lives of everyday people. His tales ask how knowledge can change us and our world. They ask what it means to exist. They also ask where we fit in space.

The book holds short stories and a short novel. It is for fans of hard science fiction who seek human feeling too. Life and society in modern China shape its views. Its worlds span views of 1985, 2010, 2020 and 3000. The voice stays calm and direct, even when events turn harsh. Vivid images and humor play a part too. These works show sides of the author that readers may know. They also show sides they may not expect.

Лю Цысинь has won honors from the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and the Sky Award. China’s Galaxy and Nebula awards have honored his writing too. They also honor what he has done for science fiction.