A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays -- Cixin Liu

<p><b>"We're mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and float like clouds of gas between nebulae; in a flash, we can reach the edge of the universe, or tunnel into a quark, or swim within a star-core. . . . We're as unassuming as fireflies, yet our numbers grow like grass in spring. </b><b>We sci-fi fans are people from the future."--Cixin Liu, from the essay "Sci-Fi Fans"</b> <p/><i>A VIEW FROM THE STARS</i> features a range of short works from the past three decades of <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Cixin Liu's prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time. This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu's experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years. <p/><b>"Science fiction without guile, without snark, without ironic disaffection and all its exhausting modern baggage. It just asks <i>what would happen?</i> Waits for someone to answer. And then it asks again."--NPR on the works of Cixin Liu</b></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Cixin Liu<br><b>Publisher:</b> Tor Books<br><b>Published:</b> 04/02/2024<br><b>Pages:</b> 224<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.85lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.46h x 6.30w x 0.86d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781250292117<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Library Journal</i> 11/01/