‘History is nothing more than a complex construction of records and observations’
In the seventy ninth episode of the Translated Chinese Fiction podcast, we’re riding the Express to Beijing West Railway Station (开往西站的特别列车 / kāiwǎng xī zhàn de tèbié lièchē), and I’ll be buying my ticket from none other than the author herself, Mu Ming. Long-time TrChFic listeners will also already know all-too-well: you’re going to hear me enthuse about trains. Sorry.
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// NEWS ITEMS //
- WATCH: Qiufan Chen on How Chinese Science Fiction Imagines Our Future
- WATCH: Gloria S Tseng on Biblical Imagery in Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature
- READ: a new issue of Chinese Literature and Thought Today with a newly translated Han Song story & an essay on Little Smarty Travels to the Future
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// WORD OF THE DAY //
(想象力 – xiǎngxiànglì – imagination)
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// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //
- Mu Ming’s musial pairing: The Grandmaster OST
- Angus’ musical pairing: The End Where We Start by The Black Queen
- The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hemming
- The Dragon by Ray Bradbury
- Good Hunting by Ken Liu
- The Serpentine Band 宛转环 by Mu Ming herself
- The Snow of Jinyang 晋阳三尺雪 by Zhang Ran
- Vital: The Future of Healthcare – a sci fi anthology
- Kaili Blues 路边野餐 (2015, dir Bi Gan)
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