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Author: Liu, Cixin

Literary essays

Published on 2 January 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Head of Zeus — an AdAstra Book) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 272 pages
198 x 128 x 15 | 198g

‘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. We sci-fi fans are people from the future.’ – Cixin Liu, from the essay ‘Sci-Fi Fans’A View from the Stars features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times 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.