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‘신들의 고향’이라 불리는, 1만 8천여 개의 구비서사가 살아 숨 쉬는 신비의 섬 제주 그리고 중국과 일본의 설화를 경이로운 SF 세계관으로 새롭게 쓴 앤솔로지. 중국계 미국인이자 세계적인 SF 작가인 켄 리우가 칠월칠석 이야기를 현대적으로 완전히 바꾸어 쓴 이야기를 수록했다. 한국의 SF 작가 7인은 세계적으로 유례없이 풍부하고 다양한 제주 설화로부터, 왕콴유와 후지이 다이요는 각각 중국의 춘절 괴물과 17세기 일본 아마미섬 설화로부터 영감을 얻어 작품을 썼다.
수천 년의 시간 동안 축적되고 변형되며 살아남은 옛이야기들은 이 책에 참여한 SF 작가들의 상상을 통해 먼 미래의 어느 시간대로, 고요한 아시아의 작은 마을에서 은하를 넘나드는 세계로 도약한다. 작가들이 뛰어넘은 시공의 폭은 어느 때보다 광대하지만, 놀라운 것은 고대로부터 사람들이 꿈꾸어왔던 세상이 다르지 않다는 점이다. 태고의 이야기들은 인류가 존재하는 한 끊임없이 조금씩 새롭게 다른 말들로 채워지겠지만, 그 안에 숨겨진 인간적인 가치들은 안전하게 보존되어 계속해서 전해질 것이다. 이 책의 작가들은 그것들을 다른 세계로 향하는 캡슐에 담아 먼 곳으로 떠나보낸다. 고대의 설화에서 미래의 SF로.
수천 년의 시간 동안 축적되고 변형되며 살아남은 옛이야기들은 이 책에 참여한 SF 작가들의 상상을 통해 먼 미래의 어느 시간대로, 고요한 아시아의 작은 마을에서 은하를 넘나드는 세계로 도약한다. 작가들이 뛰어넘은 시공의 폭은 어느 때보다 광대하지만, 놀라운 것은 고대로부터 사람들이 꿈꾸어왔던 세상이 다르지 않다는 점이다. 태고의 이야기들은 인류가 존재하는 한 끊임없이 조금씩 새롭게 다른 말들로 채워지겠지만, 그 안에 숨겨진 인간적인 가치들은 안전하게 보존되어 계속해서 전해질 것이다. 이 책의 작가들은 그것들을 다른 세계로 향하는 캡슐에 담아 먼 곳으로 떠나보낸다. 고대의 설화에서 미래의 SF로.
500 pages, Paperback
Published May 31, 2021
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About the author
Ken Liu
467 books22.1k followersKen Liu (http://kenliu.name) is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards for his fiction, he has also won top genre honors abroad in Japan, Spain, and France.
Liu’s most characteristic work is the four-volume epic fantasy series, The Dandelion Dynasty, in which engineers, not wizards, are the heroes of a silkpunk world on the verge of modernity. His debut collection of short fiction, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, has been published in more than a dozen languages. A second collection, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories, followed. He also penned the Star Wars novel, The Legends of Luke Skywalker. His latest book is All That We See or Seem, a techno-thriller starring an AI-whispering hacker who saves the world.
He’s often involved in media adaptations of his work. Recent projects include “The Regular,” under development as a TV series; “Good Hunting,” adapted as an episode in season one of Netflix’s breakout adult animated series Love, Death + Robots; and AMC’s Pantheon, with Craig Silverstein as executive producer, adapted from an interconnected series of Liu’s short stories.
Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Liu worked as a software engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. He frequently speaks at conferences and universities on a variety of topics, including futurism, machine-augmented creativity, history of technology, bookmaking, and the mathematics of origami.
In addition to his original fiction, Liu also occasionally publishes literary translations. His most recent work of translation is a new rendition of Laozi’s Dao De Jing.
Liu lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.
Liu’s most characteristic work is the four-volume epic fantasy series, The Dandelion Dynasty, in which engineers, not wizards, are the heroes of a silkpunk world on the verge of modernity. His debut collection of short fiction, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, has been published in more than a dozen languages. A second collection, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories, followed. He also penned the Star Wars novel, The Legends of Luke Skywalker. His latest book is All That We See or Seem, a techno-thriller starring an AI-whispering hacker who saves the world.
He’s often involved in media adaptations of his work. Recent projects include “The Regular,” under development as a TV series; “Good Hunting,” adapted as an episode in season one of Netflix’s breakout adult animated series Love, Death + Robots; and AMC’s Pantheon, with Craig Silverstein as executive producer, adapted from an interconnected series of Liu’s short stories.
Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Liu worked as a software engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. He frequently speaks at conferences and universities on a variety of topics, including futurism, machine-augmented creativity, history of technology, bookmaking, and the mathematics of origami.
In addition to his original fiction, Liu also occasionally publishes literary translations. His most recent work of translation is a new rendition of Laozi’s Dao De Jing.
Liu lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.
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