Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

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The unlikely duo gains trust in one another and face the daunting and seemingly uncompromising journey ahead of them, and ultimately fall in love with each challenge they face. Yellowfang resumes her medicine cat's duties, resigning from Brokenkit as her son, despite continually thinking about him and about his safety under Lizardstripe. Despite this wider range of voices and styles, Liu emphasizes that this book and its predecessor are not meant to be “representative” of Chinese sf. Brokenpaw, from this moment you will be known as Brokentail - but let no cat see this as a sign of weakness. Example: the hair pulling scene shows some hair being pulled out of Sydney's head but only a couple of clumps and her screaming and then cuts to another scene.

Zhang Ran’s story plays with the tropes of chuanyue, or a particular type of time-travel fiction in which someone armed with modern scientific knowledge goes into the past for ends selfish, altruistic, or both. Chen’s acerbic wit made me laugh—before he abruptly shifted in tone and made me reflect on the way technology preys on our yearning for the transcendent. Brokenpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, to protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your own life? He punishes his apprentice because he was "too chatty" by making him hang from a tree branch by his teeth.

I don’t believe in picking “perfect” stories; in fact, I think stories that do one thing really well are much better than stories that do nothing “wrong.

He was named after the bend in his tail, as well as the feeling Yellowfang felt in her heart at the time of his birth. The young war hero comes from a humble past, while Lilac is the daughter of the richest man across the universe and heiress to LaRoux Industries. Unfortunately for Markey, she has been put in house arrest for 30 days and also wears a tracking device on her ankle.He is mentioned in Sunset by Tigerstar, who reveals to Darkstripe that they're in the Place of No Stars. Later, one of his clanmates is killed and the rest of the rogues are driven out of camp, and Yellowfang blinds him. Brokenstar has shown to have absolutely no respect for other cats and clans, insulting any cat he sees. Though it’s slackly paced, “Broken Star” holds some fascination early on as an elliptical character study. He assists Breezepelt in attempting to kill Poppyfrost and Jayfeather, but are driven back by Honeyfern, a StarClan cat.