false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178781206m/836964.jpg 836964 5 When talking about this book you have to list the awards it's won--the Hugo, the Tiptree, the Lambda, the <i>Locus,</i> a Nebula nomination--after that you can skip the effusive praise from the <i>New York Times</i> and get to the heart of things: This is a book about a future many don't agree with. It's set in a 22nd century dominated by Communist China and the protagonist is a gay man. These aren't the usual tropes of science fiction, and they aren't written in the usual way. But, wow, it's one heck of a story. 1607617 book 1992 China Mountain Zhang total:221|5:65|4:102|3:46|2:8|1:0| 221 887 367 44 5 2 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Wed Aug 15 06:17:19 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 06:53:03 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Sep 17 13:21:13 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 13:21:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 00:36:56 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 00:54:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 03:47:37 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 18:05:00 -0700 2008
basic concept summary: china has come out on top of the political/ideological dogpile, so the world is a (mostly) socialist sino-centr...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 25 23:09:28 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 09 16:45:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:33:29 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:38:41 -0700 2009 1 -that the main character and plot was not centered around some grandiose "change the world as we know it" or "chose one" theme as so often is the case in scifi, but just about someone trying to make the...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 30 20:31:28 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 20:27:23 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 19:53:12 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 17:54:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 09:21:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 10:34:04 -0700 2009
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I looked upon this as a reread, but about a third of the way through the book, I realized that absolutely nothing in it rang ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 12:20:58 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 12:21:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 00:18:17 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 00:27:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 22:07:01 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 22:19:52 -0700 2008
each chapter is told from the perspective of a character. sometimes they have multiple chapters (like Zhang/Rafael). someti...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 09 08:03:03 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 08:04:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 06:15:41 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 06:31:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 13 20:34:07 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 20:41:06 -0800 2008
The premise is th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 20:37:03 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 20:37:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 10:13:44 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 19:59:07 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 06:21:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 17:19:26 -0700 2009 technological advances = good
GLBT issues = horrible!!!
It felt like it was pre-Stonewall! ]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 08 21:07:48 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 21:07:58 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=836964