"Science fiction is the literature of dreams, and dreams always say something about the dreamer, the dream interpreter, as well as the audience." - Ken Liu
As someone who loves Wang Ximeng's incredible scroll A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains, it was great reading this view of Hai Ya's novelette. It sounds interesting and I'd love to read it, but lacking a translation I'll make do with your perspective. It's interesting to compare it to certain Dr Who episodes - personally - I loved the Vincent episode! Interesting too how the Chinese word for 'sleep-walking' is literally 'dispersed soul syndrome'! How words are formed give us a good indication of how cultural concepts are formed and maintained. It's also interesting about the sleepwalking storyline, as Thousand Miles was said to look uncannily like Wudangshan, even though the 17-year-old painter had never been there!
As someone who loves Wang Ximeng's incredible scroll A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains, it was great reading this view of Hai Ya's novelette. It sounds interesting and I'd love to read it, but lacking a translation I'll make do with your perspective. It's interesting to compare it to certain Dr Who episodes - personally - I loved the Vincent episode! Interesting too how the Chinese word for 'sleep-walking' is literally 'dispersed soul syndrome'! How words are formed give us a good indication of how cultural concepts are formed and maintained. It's also interesting about the sleepwalking storyline, as Thousand Miles was said to look uncannily like Wudangshan, even though the 17-year-old painter had never been there!