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“I am not an expert on Chinese science fiction. I probably know more than anyone else in the West, but that doesn't actually mean I am an expert.”

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“A memory is a re-creation, precious because it is both more and less than the original.”

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Almost all of my stories can be understood to be elaborations on our drive to remake the world and our adjustments to the result.

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“Dad and I went on walking, our shadows touching.”

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“I can only wish that someday you’ll also be pestered by a student as persistent to learn what you do not wish to teach.”

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“Surveillance is surveillance. I can never understand why some people think it matters whether it's the government doing it to you or a company.”

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I know who I am. I know what I represent.

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