A Locus Award Finalist for Best First Novel. "An accomplished eco-techno-thriller with heart and soul as well as brain." —David Mitchell, New York Times -bestselling author of Cloud AtlasTranslated by Ken Liu, who brought Cixin Liu's Hugo Award-winning The Three Body Problem to English-speaking readers.Mimi is drowning in the w...

A Guardian Science Fiction Book of the Year.Mimi is drowning in the world's trash.She's a 'waste girl', a scavenger picking through towering heaps of hazardous electronic detritus. Along with thousands of other migrant workers, she was lured to Silicon Isle, off the southern coast of China, by the promise of steady work and a better life.But Silicon Isle is where the rotten fruits of capitalism and consumer culture come to their toxic end.

El nuevo talento de la ciencia ficción llegado de China.Mimi se ahoga en la basura del planeta.Es una residual de la Isla de Silicio, lugar al que se envían a reciclar los teléfonos móviles, los portátiles, los robots y los miembros biónicos. Se acumulan en pilas enormes de residuos que contaminan cada centímetro de la tierra. La isla, situada cerca de la costa de China, es la tóxica necrópolis del capitalismo y la cultura de consumo.Mimi y miles de...

"Geleceğin paha biçilmez ve eğlenceli bir vizyonu."—Ray Dalio, New York Times çok satan Principles kitabının yazarı"Yapay Zekâ 2041'in aydınlatıcı ve değerli olduğunu söylemek, önemini küçümsemektir. . . . Yapay Zekâ 2041'in bilimsel kurgusu, etrafımızda gerçekte neler olup bittiğine ve işlerin nereye gittiğine dair gözlerimizi açmanın bir yolunu sunuyor. "—John Kao, Forbes"Kai-Fu Lee ve Chen Qiufan, yaratıcı hikâye anlatımı ve teknik uzmanlığı harmanlayarak, he...

Che cosa succede quando il nostro cervello non riesce più a distinguere un volto umano da uno artificiale? È davvero possibile innamorarsi di un robot capace di simulare le emozioni con perfezione inquietante? E quale destino attende l’identità umana in un’epoca in cui la tecnologia può replicare pensieri, ricordi e sensazioni? Le storie raccolte in questo libro, curato da uno dei maggioriautori di fantascienza contemporanei, uniscono la potenza immaginifica della science fiction alla prof...

Bloomsbury presents Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan, read by Ewan ChungA Guardian Science Fiction Book of the Year.Mimi is drowning in the world's trash.She's a 'waste girl', a scavenger picking through towering heaps of hazardous electronic detritus. Along with thousands of other migrant workers, she was lured to Silicon Isle, off the southern coast of China, by the promise of steady work and a better life.But Silicon Isle is whe...

A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL**Award-winning author Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide is a thought-provoking future vision of how climate change affects the world.Translated by Ken Liu, who brought Cixin Liu's Hugo Award-winning The Three Body Problem to English-speaking listeners.**Mimi is a 'waste girl.’ A member of the lowest caste on Silicon Isle, located off China’s southeastern coast, and home to the wor...

MAAILMA ON RAUNIOINA. OLETKO PELAAJA VAI PELINAPPULA?Mimi on jätteenkäsittelijä. Lupaukset työstä ja paremmasta elämästä ovat houkutelleet hänet ja lukemattomat muut köyhät Kiinan etelärannikolle Piisaarelle, missä työläisten tehtävä on purkaa ja lajitella myrkyllistä elektroniikkajätettä.Piisaari on kuitenkin lohduttoman saastunut ja jätteenkäsittelijät pahasti valtaapitävien ikeen alla. Myrsky nousee, kun paikalliset valtaklaanit, ekoterroristit ja ahneet monikansalliset ...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR*Now with a new foreword on ChatGPT*_____________How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years?AI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. AI will generate unprecedented wealth, revolutionize medicine and education...

Brought to you by Penguin.In this ground-breaking blend of imaginative storytelling and scientific forecasting, a pioneering AI expert and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an imperative question: How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years?AI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. AI will gene...

En el apocalipsis ecológico descrito en Contaminación de Chen Qiufan, el protagonista es un jubilado que se dedica a realizar para una ONG mediciones de las partículas que saturan el aire de una gran ciudad china. El relato podría enmarcarse en lo que se ha dado en llamar ficción climática (en inglés, cli-fi), un género relacionado con futuros (o casi presentes) distópicos en los que el elemento antiutópico viene dado por las catastróficas consecuencias de la actividad hu...

As the end of the world arrives in downtown Shanghai, one man’s only wish is to return a library book...When a publisher agrees to let a star author use his company’s attic to write in, little does he suspect this will become the author’s permanent residence...As Shanghai succumbs to a seemingly apocalyptic deluge, a man takes refuge in his bathtub, only to find himself, moments later, floating through the city's streets...The characters in this literary exploration...