Ep 41 - Lao She and Cat Country with Molly Silk

It is not often that one has the opportunity to observe the extinction of an entire civilisationIn the forty first episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast, we are venturing into Cat Country (猫城记 / Māo Chéng Jì), a science fiction oddity of the Republic of China. Helping me save the nation and stay off the damned reverie leaves is Molly Silk, a doctoral researcher of Chinese Space Policy.-// NEWS ITEMS //Little Smarty Travels to the Future comic now available in translationChinese Science Fiction Goes Global by Regina Kanyu WangCelestial Empire: The Emergence of Chinese Science Fiction by Nathaniel Isaacson-// WORD OF THE DAY //(迷叶 / Mí Yè / reverie leaves)-// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //The Wandering Earth: A Device for the Propagation of the Chinese Regime’s Desired Space Narratives? by Molly herselfThe Trial by Franz KafkaLao She in LondonI Am a Cat by Natsume SōsekiThe Cat Returns (2002, dir. Hiroyuki Morita)-// Handy TrChFic Links //Episode Transcripts // Help Support TrChFicINSTAGRAM 🐈 TWITTER 🐈 DISCORD 🐈