pauraque: Marina Sirtis in costume as Deanna reads Women Who Love Too Much on the Enterprise bridge (st women who love too much)
This is part 2 of my book club notes on The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories. [Part 1.]


"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Tai Chi Mashed Taro" by Anna Wu (2016), tr. Carmen Yiling Yan

A time-traveling meditation on the rise and fall of people and societies. )


"The Futures of Genders in Chinese Science Fiction" by Jing Tsu (2022) [essay]

Discussion of the depiction and participation of people of marginalized genders in Chinese SF. )


"Baby, I Love You" by Zhao Haihong (2002), tr. Elizabeth Hanlon

In the not-too-distant future, a programmer works on a holographic virtual baby while his real family life falls apart. )


"A Saccharophilic Earthworm" by BaiFanRuShang (2005), tr. Ru-Ping Chen

After a disabling accident, a theater director believes she can teach flowers to dance. )


"The Alchemist of Lantian" by BaiFanRuShang (2005), tr. Ru-Ping Chen

Every time a godlike being helps a human, their own exile in the mortal world is extended. )

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