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Read for the translator, stay for the spaceship description

Jumpnauts by Hao Jingfang

April 24, 2025 by vega-table 3 Comments

I like Ken Liu’s own writing, but I love his translations. So when Jumpnauts by Hao Jingfang came out about a year ago, I bought it, read the translator’s notes immediately, read the notes to my politely smiling husband, then shelved the book for a later time. The time has come. My knowledge of China is piecemealy and Jumpnauts assumes that the reader has a better understanding of the country and its history than I do – which makes sense since the book and its […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Hao Jingfang

vega-table's CBR17 Review No:8 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Hao Jingfang ·
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Everything Is Flawed (It’s Humanity’s Fault)

Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang

June 22, 2020 by blauracke Leave a Comment

At the end of the 22nd century, a group of Martian students is sent to Earth in order to improve the relationship between the two planets that has been tenuous since a war of independence a few decades earlier. When they return to Mars 5 years later, they discover that their old lives do not fit them anymore. Although this is a science fiction story that has its share of space ships and advanced technology, it fundamentally aspires to be a meditation on human nature […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Hao Jingfang

blauracke's CBR12 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Hao Jingfang ·
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