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The Reincarnated Giant: An Anthology of Twenty-First-Century Chinese Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780231542548
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Science fiction Chinese -- Translations into English; Chinese fiction -- 21st century -- Translations into English;

A new wave of Chinese science fiction is here. This anthology showcases the best of contemporary science fiction from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the People's Republic of China in fifteen short stories and novel excerpts. The Reincarnated Giant is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of the genre.

Mingwei Song is Associate Professor of Chinese at Wellesley College. He has published work in both English and Chinese and was the guest editor of the edition of Renditions in which some of the selections in this volume appeared. His first monograph in English, titled Young China: National Rejuvenation and the Bildungsroman, 1900-1959, was published by Harvard University Asia Center in 2015.Huters Theodore :

Theodore Huters is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Asian Languages and
Cultures at UCLA. He is co-editor of Revolutionary Literature in China: An Anthology (M.E. Sharpe, 2005), among other titles.Mingwei Song is associate professor of Chinese at Wellesley College. He is the author of Young China: National Rejuvenation and the Bildungsroman, 1900-1959 (2015).

Theodore Huters is professor emeritus in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include Bringing the World Home: Appropriating the West in Late Qing and Early Republican China (2005).