Ep 53 - The Membranes with Chi Ta-wei and Ari Larissa Heinrich

The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast

‘Two peach trees, two entirely different universes.’

[ this is episode 1 of our Taiwan Season ]

In the fifty third episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are peeling back The Membranes (膜 / Mó). Joining me at their respective computer terminals in the ocean floor biodome are its author Chi Ta-wei and translator Ari Larissa Heinrich.

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// NEWS ITEMS //

• PANEL: Exploring Chinese Science Fiction Multi-Dimensionally

• PREORDER: Vessel - a memoir by Cai Chongda

• UPCOMING: The London Chinese Science Fiction Group to have Han Song on as a guest

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// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //

• 80s & 90s sci-fi and cyberpunk: should it be left behind?

• the hole in the ozone layer

• chickens with teeth

• queer parenting in Taiwan

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