Alternate cover edition of ASIN B071P6VGYQ Dall’invecchiamento della popolazione ai cambiamenti climatici, dall’istruzione di massa all’impatto dei social network, le storie immaginate da Liu Cixin, Xia Jia, Chen Qiufan e Wu Yan mostrano una Cina lontana dall’Occidente per costume e sensibilità, ma simile nelle realtà economico-sociali e così tecnologicamente avanzata da restituire uno sguardo sul futuro che attende il mondo intero. 从人口老龄化到气候变化, 触及大众教育和社交网络的影响, 四个故事 –由刘慈欣、夏笳、陈楸帆、吴岩 想象而成的故事，展示了一个无论是习俗还是情感都远离西方的中国, 即便在经济和社会问题上它们非常相似。特别值得一提的是在科技上，如此先进的中国使得我们可以看见未来, 一个不仅是东方而是整个世界所期待的未来。 Una selezione di alcune delle voci più importanti della fantascienza cinese contemporanea che di certo delizieranno i lettori di tutto il mondo. Le visioni e le questioni presentate in questo libro sono importanti non solo per la Cina, ma per tutta l’umanità.” Ken Liu (vincitore dei premi Hugo, Nebula e World Fantasy) “中国当代科幻小说最重要观点选择, 一定会感染世界各地的读者。这本书中提出的愿景和问题不仅对中国而言重要，对于全人类都是重要的。” 刘宇昆（雨果奖，星云奖和世界奇幻奖得主）
Authors
Chen Qiufan was born in 1981, in Shantou, China. (In accordance with Chinese custom, Mr. Chen's surname is written first. He sometimes uses the English name Stanley Chan.) He is a graduate of Peking University and published his first short story in 1997 in Science Fiction World, China's largest science fiction magazine. Since 2004, he has published over 30 stories in Science Fiction World, Esquire, Chutzpah and other magazines. His first novel, The Abyss of Vision, came out in 2006. He won Taiwan's Dragon Fantasy Award in 2006 with "A Record of the Cave of Ning Mountain," a work written in Classical Chinese. His story, "The Tomb," was translated into English and Italian and can be found in The Apex Book of World SF II and Alias 6. He now lives in Beijing and works for Google China.
Science Fiction fan and writer. Liu Cixin also appears as Cixin Liu
