A View from the Stars | Cixin Liu

<p><strong>"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. .<br /><br />. . We're as unassuming as fireflies, yet our numbers grow like grass in spring.<br /><br /></strong><strong>We sci-fi fans are people from the future."-Cixin Liu, from the essay "Sci-Fi Fans"</strong><br /><br />A VIEW FROM THE STARSfeatures a range of short works from the past three decades ofNew York Timesbestselling 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.<br /><br /><strong>"Science fictio