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Cixin Liu’s Post-Doomsday Anxiety – Does Humanity Deserve Eternity? (opens the original)
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Cixin Liu is convinced of the apocalypse. The sci-fi author’s work barely contends with trying to prevent the end, it starts with an acceptance that unknowable forces will arrive from the sky and flick the off button on humanity the way we would a light switch. Liu’s true fears lie in what remnants of human life are left afterwards.Throughout his short story collection, The Wandering Earth, Liu’s anxiety is palpable as he imagines a pile of doomsday scenarios and wonders how a hint of humanity c
Kiki’s Delivery Service – the Kindness of a Stranger (opens the original)
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Millennium Actress at 25 – The Pursuit of Preservation (opens the original)
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