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Continue reading →: A History of Chinese Art, in Three Volumes 《中国艺术史·第一卷》Copyright status 408 pp. All rights available Publisher: New Star Press Publication date: Mar. 2024 ISBN 978-7-51335-211-6 ¥ 128.00 This three-volume series, A History of Chinese Art, traces the vibrant and multifaceted development of Chinese art from the time of early civilization to the first half of the 19th century.…
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Continue reading →: Idle Blossoms and Grasses 《闲花草》Copyright status 192 pp. All rights available Publisher: New Star Press Publication date: Apr. 2025 ISBN 978-7-51335-904-7 ¥ 58.00 Grasses Author: Chen Zhidong, born in 1951 in Chengdu, is a scholar of art history, painter, calligrapher, and collector. He received the Sichuan Provincial Award for Achievements in Philosophy and Social…
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Continue reading →: The Empress Dowager Flees West 《西奔太后》Copyright status 344 pp. All rights available Publisher: New Star Press Publication date: Jul. 2023 ISBN 978-7-5133-5251-2 ¥ 58.00 In 1900, during the Boxer Crisis, Empress Dowager Cixi fled the imperial capital under the guise of a hunting expedition. Though often treated as a standalone incident, this dramatic flight reveals…
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Continue reading →: Taipei: A Scroll Through Time 《台北上河图》Copyright status 450 pp. All rights available Publisher: New Star Press Publication date: Aug. 2024 ISBN 978-7-5133-5322-9 ¥ 288.00 Time Taipei: A Scroll Through Time is a two-volume illustrated work that captures the spirit and transformation of Taipei across time. The first volume presents a continuous hand-drawn scroll of Taipei’s…
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Continue reading →: Tomorrow’s Murders 《明日杀机》Copyright status 375 pp. All rights available Publisher: New Star Press ISBN 9787513350051 Sci-fi thriller is a historic genre. The founding work of sci-fiction, Frankenstein, is categorized as a sci-fi thriller. There have been countless classics of this genre. This book, Tomorrow’s Murders, features thirteen original, captivating sci-fi thrillers since…
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Continue reading →: The Earth’s Annual Rings 《大地的年轮》Copyright status 375 pp. All rights available Publisher: New Star Press ISBN 9787513350051 ¥ 58.00 Rings Author: Yan Leisheng (born 1970, Lin Ping, Hangzhou), original name Zhang Jian, vice-chairman of Zhejiang Online Writers Association. He comes from an engineering background but loves poetry and writing. Yan’s work is inderdisciplinary, covering…
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Continue reading →: Chronicles of Mars: Selected Excellent Chinese Science Fiction Works with Martian Themes 《中国火星纪事》Copyright status 408 pp. All rights available Publisher: New Star Press ISBN 9787513341257 ¥ 48.00 Selected Excellent Chinese with Martian Themes Author: Wu Yan, a native of Beijing, Ph.D. in management, sci- fiction writer, senior sci-fiction research scholar; professor and director of Academic Methodology and Cultural Creativity Teaching and Research…
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Continue reading →: Artificial Deity 《人造神祇》Copyright status 544 pp. All rights available Publisher: New Star Press ISBN 9787513339896 ¥ 49.00 Author: Jiang Bo (born January 15, 1978, Zhejiang), representative of the newer generation of science fiction writers, graduated from Tsinghua University with a master’s degree in microelectronics, and works in a foreign- funded company in…
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Continue reading →: Summer of Other Times 《异时之夏》Copyright status 411 pp. All rights available Publisher: New Star Press ISBN 978-7-5133-4743-3 ¥ 58.00 Times Zhao Qiushuang, a teenager in Beijing, decided to search for her father who had disappeared, as a step towards adulthood. She found out that her father had been a scientist involved in a top-secret…
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Continue reading →: Sparkle 《闪耀》Copyright status 373 pp. All rights available Publisher: New Star Press ISBN 978-7-5133-5045-7 ¥ 59.00 This book is a retrospective of young sci-fi writer Chen Zijun’s ten-year writing career. It includes eight popular masterpieces such as “Sparkle”, “The Spell and The Cavendish Trap”, as well as two previously unpublished excellent…
