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Including an introduction by Ken Liu and three essays exploring Chinese science fiction, this is a phenomenal collection of strange worlds, hypnotic landscapes and unbridled imagination. Invisible Planets, edited by multi award-winning writer Ken Liu-translator of the bestselling and Hugo Award-winning novel The Three Body Problem by acclaimed. In ' Taking Care of God' by Liu Cixin – author of The Three-Body Problem, the first translated novel to win the Hugo Award – a race of white-haired, white-robed beings arrive on Earth, claiming they are God, creators of everything who now want to spend their retirement years with us. Xia Jia's ' Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse' describes a post-apocalyptic world where machines have outlived the humans who engineered them. The tale by Hao Jingfang is a sprightly tour of a series of imaginary planets on each one, the culture of the inhabitants is shaped by the peculiarities of. The prose is a touch wooden in places, but fans of quirky fantasy will eat it up. Hao Jingfang's Hugo-Award-Winning ' Folding Beijing' takes place in a near-future dystopia where the title city's buildings fold into and out of the earth, allowing three different strata of society to spend part of the day above ground. In Taking Care of God by Liu Cixin author of The Three-Body Problem, the first translated novel to win the Hugo Award a race of white-haired, white-robed. Linus himself is a lovable protagonist despite his prickliness, and Klune aptly handles his evolving feelings and morals. Here are thirteen short stories from the new frontiers of Chinese science fiction, selected and translated by Hugo, Nebula, Locus and World Fantasy Award-winner Ken Liu. The book features illuminating discussions of microbes in space the dividing line between day and night exploding stars and light echoes fast radio bursts.