Mingwei Song is associate professor of Chinese at Wellesley College. He is the author of Young China: National Rejuvenation and the Bildungsroman, 1900-1959 (2015). Theodore Huters is professor emeritus in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include Bringing the World Home: Appropriating the West in Late Qing and Early Republican China (2005).
The volume is timely for the field of Chinese science fiction studies. The editors' selection of specific texts for inclusion and Mingwei Song's comprehensive introduction are an accurate survey of contemporary Chinese sf writing. These beautifully written and translated stories will capture the imagination of most readers.--Hua Li, Montana State University In showcasing representative works of science fiction by authors from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the People's Republic of China, The Reincarnated Giant: Chinese Science Fiction in the Twenty-First Century provides readers with a fascinating and multifaceted glimpse into China's near (and not-so-near?) future(s). Thank you to the writers, translators, and editors for the existence of this work of scholarship and art. It is timely and timeless. It is stunning. It is necessary.--Seo-young Chu, Queens College