"The rise of a new wave of science fiction has been the most important literary phenomenon in contemporary China. During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the genre underwent a sudden revival and flourished; it continued to prosper in the following decade and gained recognition from readers and media both domestically and globally. In Fear of Seeing, Mingwei Song argues that through illuminating that which has been invisible, this new wave of Chinese science fiction opens up new possibilities and inspires new ways of telling stories about China and the world. Deeply entangled with the politics of a changing China, this new wave of science fiction complicates the visions of the nation's future: it unsettles historical determinism with dystopian variations; envelops political consciousness in scientific discourses on uncertainty; and sharpens social criticism with an acute awareness of both the potential and menace of technological revolutions. Song analyzes representative works of the major authors of the new wave, exploring how SF's representation of the invisible has motivated larger changes in the contemporary literary paradigm"-- Provided by publisher.
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