‘Generation after generation, people have lived in this massive sick ward we call the universe ’

In the eighty fourth episode of the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast, we are lost deep inside Hospital, the first entry in an abyssal trilogy by show favourite Han Song. Old-time wardmates Michael Berry and Mingwei Song are here too, groaning in the darkness.

// NEWS ITEMS //

Tencent’s Three Body Problem series arrives… on Youtube!
A podcast interview w/ Yan Ge & Jeremy Tiang on Strange Beasts of China
Bookshop.org puts out a Lunar New Year reading list 🐇🐇🐇
New book: New Medieval Books: A History of Chinese Literature by Zhang Longxi

// WORDS OF THE DAY //

(生存 – shēngcún – survival)

(痛苦 – tòngkǔ – pain)

// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //

Remains of Life, tr by Michael
Lu Xun’s Diary of a Madman // [FULL TEXT]
Life extension gene therapy & the first gene edited babies
The Reincarnated Giant - CUP’s Chinese sci-fi anthology
Han Song’s Weibo account
Translation, Disinformation, and Wuhan Diary - Michael’s meta-book

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