Abstract
In this brief comparison of three examples from contemporary Chinese SF, we see the impossible topology of the digital realm envisioned as a lightscape, a seascape, and as a cityscape under surveillance. The digital chronotopes explored include the computer-generated alternative reality in Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem, the ocean of data in Tang Fei's “Call Girl,” and language as World Wide Web in Ma Boyong's “The City of Silence.”
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 133-140 |
Journal | SFRA Review |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Languages and Literature
- Other Computer and Information Science
Keywords
- Digital chronotopes, cyberfiction, science fiction, global science fiction