{"product_id":"a-view-from-the-stars-stories-and-essays-9781250292117","title":"A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe sci-fi fans are people from the future.\"--Cixin Liu, from the essay \"Sci-Fi Fans\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA VIEW FROM THE STARS\u003c\/i\u003e features a range of short works from the past three decades of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Science fiction without guile, without snark, without ironic disaffection and all its exhausting modern baggage. It just asks \u003ci\u003ewhat would happen?\u003c\/i\u003e Waits for someone to answer. And then it asks again.\"--NPR on the works of Cixin Liu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250292117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cixin Liu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43600606068917,"sku":"9781250292117","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c4be1510-8f19-4c0d-9db1-15cfeb14e4f2.jpg?v=1707210173","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-view-from-the-stars-stories-and-essays-9781250292117","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}