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2017 selection · Science fiction & fantasy
Frontier
Frontier by Can Xue, translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, seriously great writing, rather long, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy)
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A Face Like Glass
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