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Short story translated by Ken Liu. It origianlly appeared in Chinese in May 2006. The first English edition appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, #59 August 2011. The story can also be found in the anthologies Clarkesworld: Year Five (2013), edited by Sean Wallace and Neil Clarke, and Invisible Planets (2016), edited by Ken Liu.

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Short story translated by Ken Liu. It originally appeared in Chinese in 2012. The first English language publiation was in Lightspeed, March 2014.

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This short story was translated from Chinese by Carmen Yiling Yan and Ken Liu. It originally appeared in English in Lightspeed, August 2015. The story can also be found in the anthologies Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction (2015), edited by John Joseph Adams, and The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 (2016), edited by Neil Clarke.

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Novelette translated from Chinese by Ken Liu. It originally appeared in Chines in 2009. The first English publication was in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2013. The story can also be found in the anthologies Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume 1 (2014), edited by Laird Barron and Michael Kelly, and Invisible Planets (2016), edited by Ken Liu.

Mimi is drowning in the world's trash.

She's a waste worker on Silicon Isle, where electronics -- from cell phones and laptops to bots and bionic limbs ? are sent to be recycled. These amass in towering heaps, polluting every spare inch of land. On this island off the coast of China, the fruits of capitalism and consumer culture come to a toxic end.

Mimi and thousands of migrant waste workers like her are lured to Silicon Isle with the promise of steady work and a better life. They're the lifeblood of the island's economy, but are at the mercy of those in power.

A storm is brewing, between ruthless local gangs, warring for control. Ecoterrorists, set on toppling the status quo. American investors, hungry for profit. And a Chinese-American interpreter, searching for his roots.

As these forces collide, a war erupts -- between the rich and the poor; between tradition and modern ambition; between humanity's past and its future.

Mimi, and others like her, must decide if they will remain pawns in this war or change the rules of the game altogether.