Apocalyptic Childhood: On Cixin Liu’s “Supernova Era”

CIXIN LIU IS having a moment. The recent publication in English of his Three-Body Problem trilogy has been rightly hailed as a sea change for Chinese science fiction in translation, garnering myriad awards and receiving wide acclaim — including an endorsement from Barack Obama. The Wandering Earth, a novella with similar ecological interests, was adapted […] The post Apocalyptic Childhood: On Cixin Liu’s “Supernova Era” appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

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The Guardian view on the death of NME: the end of an era | Editorial

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In an era of loyalty, newspaper publishers focus on time spent and frequency

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Winning Revenue-Generating Strategies for A New Era

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Clique co-founder Katherine Power on how to succeed in a new era of digital media

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Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith’s publisher survival guide in the duopoly era

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