Episode 148 - More than Pandas! The renaissance in Chinese Science Fiction and what it means for readers and writers in the West

September 28, 2019 00:54:27
Episode 148 - More than Pandas! The renaissance in Chinese Science Fiction and what it means for readers and writers in the West
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Episode 148 - More than Pandas! The renaissance in Chinese Science Fiction and what it means for readers and writers in the West

Sep 28 2019 | 00:54:27

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Show Notes

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This is a special episode examining the rise in the popularity and influence of Chinese Science Fiction. In the last twenty years, Chinese Sci Fi has flourished across a range of media, spurred by successes like Liu Cixin's Hugo Award-winning novel The Three-Body Problem, and this year's Chinese funded and created movie The Wandering Earth. In this episode I talk to two writers: Chen Qiufan and Peng Simeng, and an editor, Gabrielle Wei of Science Fiction World, all based in China, to discuss the issues that are important to Chinese writers and to find out what opportunities writers from the West might have in this newly emerging market.

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