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어떤 물질의 사랑

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《천 개의 파랑》으로 2020년 제4회 한국과학문학상
장편 부문 대상을 수상한, 천선란 첫 소설집!
《천 개의 파랑》으로 제4회 한국과학문학상 장편소설 부문 대상을 받은, 천선란 작가의 첫 소설집『어떤 물질의 사랑』. 치매 어머니가 기억하는 유일한 단어인 ‘작가’, 그 기억을 현실로 만들기 위해 몇 년간 매일 4시간씩 어머니의 병실을 지키며 쓴 환상적이고도 우아한 소설들이다.
우주비행사가 된 딸의 이야기를 자전적으로 그린 〈사막으로〉에서 시작해, 지구의 바다 생물 멸종을 극복하기 위해 토성의 얼음위성 엔셀라두스로 날아간 탐험대가 만나게 된 외계생명과의 극적인 조우를 다룬 〈레시〉, 한때 과거를 함께 했으나 물리적으로, 정신적으로 상당한 거리가 생겨버린 2인의 얘기를 다룬 〈그림자놀이〉, 알에서 태어나 배꼽이 없는 소녀도 소년도 아닌 “어떤 외계인”의 ‘우주를 가로지른’ 사랑 이야기를 비롯 작가 천선란의 눈부신 등장을 알려줄 여덟 편을 수록했다.

336 pages, Paperback

First published July 20, 2020

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Cheon Seon-ran

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Born in 1993, Cheon Seon-ran is a beloved author by the ‘MZ Generation’ (Millennials and Gen Z) of South Korea. A graduate from the department of creative writing in Anyang Arts High School, she holds a master’s degree in creative writing from Dankook University. She dreams of living in a world where humans become the minority in a world of flora and fauna. She is always thinking what the end of the world will look like, and what is happening elsewhere in the universe. One day, she decides to pen her thoughts down in this novel. A Thousand Blues won the 4th Korea Sci-fi Literature Award. She is the author of several novels and short-story collections.

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March 17, 2021
Creative. But the writings are not good enough to make
that creativity shine.
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February 4, 2022
absolutely loved the eponymous(?) short story, 어떤 물질의 사랑… def deserved to be the representative story :) !! i skimmed through the last 90 or so pages after 두하나 bored the sht out of me. 그림자놀이 and 레시 were alright, pretty realistic prospective dystopian scenarios (레시 lowkey gave me the shape of water vibes) and i appreciated the HUGE amount of queer representation, 역시 천선란!! can’t beat my love for 나인 though, but i’ll give 천 개의 파랑 a read some day too :) overall the first few stories until 어물사 had very difficult language, i struggled with all of the aerospace engineering vocab ☹️

“희망은 절망과 한몸이다. 어느 쪽이 먼저 오든 나머지 하나도 꼭 따라오는 법이다.”
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December 3, 2024
A collection of short sci-fi/fantasy themed stories. It reflects the sentiment of the generation younger than me. The subjects and ideas are creative but the stories focus more on emotions than sci-fi elements.
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19 reviews
July 17, 2024
What am I looking at? Like? Yeah I got no clue this is too artistic for me I guess I don’t really feel anything reading these short stories
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August 1, 2025
같이 레시 이야기 하실 분 구합니다…
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