Touchable Unreality = 未来镜像

by Neil Clarke (Editor), Zhang Ran (Contributor), Chen Qiufan (Contributor)

Touchable Unreality is a bilingual anthology of Chinese science fiction.

Contents
"Ether" by Zhang Ran, translated by Carmen Yiling Yan and Ken Liu
"Coming of the Light" by Chen Qiufan, translated by Ken Liu
"Mrs. Griffin Prepares to Commit Suicide Tonight" by A Que, translated by John Chu
"Hunger Tower" by Pan Haitian, translated by Nick Stember
"Security Check" by Han Song, translated by Ken Liu
"Preserve Her Memory" by Bao Shu, translated by Ken Liu
"Summer at Grandma’s House" by Hao Jingfang, translated by Carmen Yiling Yan
"If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler" by Xia Jia, translated by Ken Liu
"Yuan Yuan’s Bubbles" by Liu Cixin, translated by Carmen Yiling Yan

由微像文化联合《克拉克世界》发起的“中国作家专栏”项目，截至目前已有多位作家的二十余部作品，翻译成英文发表在这本全美发行量前三的科幻杂志上。此次中英文合集的编撰由微像发起，将世界舞台上已经崭露头角的中国科幻作品集结出版。本书收录了刘慈欣、郝景芳、张冉、夏笳、阿缺等九位中国科幻作家的作品，由雨果奖得主、《三体》译者刘宇昆领衔翻译，是中外科幻合作的一个里程碑。

398 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2017

About the author

Neil Clarke is best known as the editor and publisher of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning Clarkesworld Magazine. Launched in October 2006, the online magazine has been a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine four times (winning three times), the World Fantasy Award four times (winning once), and the British Fantasy Award once (winning once). Neil is also a ten-time finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form (winning once in 2022), three-time winner of the Chesley Award for Best Art Director, and a recipient of the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award. In the fifteen years since Clarkesworld Magazine launched, numerous stories that he has published have been nominated for or won the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Locus, BSFA, Shirley Jackson, WSFA Small Press, and Stoker Awards.

Additionally, Neil edits  Forever —a digital-only, reprint science fiction magazine he launched in 2015. His anthologies include: Upgraded, Galactic Empires, Touchable Unreality, More Human than Human, The Final Frontier, Not One of Us,  The Eagle has Landed, , and the Best Science Fiction of the Year series. His next anthology, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Seven will published in early 2023.

He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two sons.

Reviews

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're looking for an amazing and diverse collection of short contemporary Chinese speculative fiction, this is your book!!

[achitaka Li · Rating 5 out of 5]

六年前的夏天，收到的一本非常喜爱的科幻小说。几个春夏秋冬过去，读过数不清的sci-fi ，回过头来想起来最难忘还是这一本。

[David Dâng]

2020年10月15日借阅于校图书馆。
《以太》写得很漂亮，根本就是对现代的影射啊。我们渴望真诚的表达与倾听，敬自由不屈的魂灵！
《开光》就是搞笑流嘛。
《安检》的笔调太熟悉了。一翻作者名，果然是韩松。
《留下她的记忆》，四平八稳，不错。刘慈欣的感觉。
《寒冬夜行人》写得太棒了，一切都回归到了文本里。