tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post2560322432643669706..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: The Single Best Story You Won't Read This YearMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-39600966819396443612014-05-27T16:53:32.053-07:002014-05-27T16:53:32.053-07:00Though it's actually from 2012, I suspect this...Though it's actually from 2012, I suspect this is the best story I won't read for some time:<br /><br />http://kenliu.name/blog/2012/09/05/the-chronicles-of-european-heroes/<br /><br />If only I read Chinese... To be optimistic, Ken Liu seems to be translating a bit of Chinese SF into English these days, so perhaps there's hope.HANNAH'S DADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877455489975811860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-33677179514916935462014-05-27T13:22:27.864-07:002014-05-27T13:22:27.864-07:00Not impossible at all. But since it wasn't pi...Not impossible at all. But since it wasn't picked up by one of the year's best volumes and most anthologists won't be aware or the existence of RENDITIONS or that it did a science fiction themed issue, I thought it important to bring this story to wider attention.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-82148406390358517632014-05-27T08:10:02.279-07:002014-05-27T08:10:02.279-07:00I think I have this in a yearly best-of Chinese SF...I think I have this in a yearly best-of Chinese SF anthology... in Chinese. I have religiously collected these over the years, but have only read a small portion of the stories. Reading this review induces much guilt.<br /><br />On a side note, is it impossible that someone could buy and reprint the translation?David Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09983230505509685792noreply@blogger.com