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russnewcomer · 2016-11-01 · Original thread
The City Trilogy ( https://www.amazon.com/Trilogy-Modern-Chinese-Literature-Tai... ) is my personal favorite Chinese/Taiwanese SF story. Some people I've recommended it to pass on it because of some of the translation issues[0], but if you read Romance of the Three Kingdoms and you've read a decent amount of translated work already[1], The City Trilogy is a work on that can be enjoyed on levels like Star Wars or Dune. (and I make that broad comparison intentionally)

[0]A couple of key word choices, most prominently galaxies instead of what should really be systems or planets. the translator made can really pop literal minded people out of the story, and I think that you have to have the mindset that the composition of language is better and more evocative in the original than the translation.

[1] I've found, totally anecdotally, that a few of my Christian friends who have spent a good chunk of their reading time reading translations are able to enjoy translated works better than those who have not. I've also found, again anecdotally, that few people like the first few translated works they read, and enjoy the later ones better.

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