"If We Can't Travel at the Speed ​​of Light" Author: [Korea] Jin Caoye Publisher: Sichuan Science and Technology Press

Introduction
What will life be like when death no longer means a final farewell?
"If We Can't Travel at the Speed ​​of Light" is Kim Cho-ye's first collection of short stories and the dazzling opening of her writing career. This collection of science fiction has sold a total of 250,000 copies in South Korea and was selected as the 2019 Book of the Year by many authoritative media such as Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, Munhwa Ilbo, and Kyunghyang Shinmun. It was recommended by the Korean Culture and Arts Committee and the Korean Publishing Culture Association, and was selected as one of the "50 Novels of Our Time" by the Korean Literary Critics Association. Kim Cho-ye single-handedly broke the doubts about whether there are readers for Korean science fiction novels.
Seven stories, facing social contradictions directly, and pointing to the vast universe. A utopia without love, a distant universe that is difficult to reach, an astronaut jumping into the sea... Golden Grass Leaf weaves together the pain of reality, the grandeur of imagination, and the power of understanding, using science fiction to find the answer to real life - "Although it will be painful, it will also be happier."
Everyone on this planet is a majority and a minority. If we have ever encountered difficulties, we will definitely be understood and accepted in the story of Golden Grass Leaf.
★ Works included★
▷"Spectrum" is being adapted into a movie by "Hummingbird" director Kim Bo-ra
I sent my grandmother's remains into the universe and returned them to the stars.
▷The English version of "Symbiosis Hypothesis" was published in the science fiction magazine "Clarkes World"
Don't leave. Don't take that beautiful world with you. Please stay with me even when I grow up.
▷"If We Can't Travel at the Speed ​​of Light" won the 2nd Korean Science Fiction Literature Award for Best Short Story and was nominated for the 52nd Japan Nebula Award for Overseas Short Story
Can I have my last voyage?
▷Emotional Entity
Sometimes, what some people need is not meaningful tears, but tears themselves.
▷"Lost in the Museum" won the 2nd Korean Science Fiction Literature Award for Short Stories
Mom has the index. In an unexpected place.
▷"About My Space Hero" nominated for the 52nd Japan Nebula Award for Overseas Short Story
Instead of flying into the universe, Jing jumped into the sea.
▷Why the Pilgrims Never Return
We will be miserable there, but also happier.
★ Book Review Recommendation ★
With rich and wonderful science fiction as the warp and long and profound human praise as the weft, Golden Grass Leaves weaves an imaginary world that immerses us in endless aftertaste. ——Liu Cixin (science fiction writer)
The appearance of Jin Caoye is amazing and has completely changed my perception of Korean science fiction. She is good at asking profound questions and building the exquisite puzzle-solving process on a solid scientific and humanistic foundation. This is an ability that only first-class science fiction writers have. ——Yao Haijun (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Science Fiction World Magazine)
Like Ray Bradbury, the text is full of poetry. ——Hideo Kojima (game producer)
I found what I thought was the eyes and mouth of a novelist in the smooth storytelling, and it was hard to believe that this was the first work of a young author. From the perspective of observation to the questions raised, it was impressive. - Kim Yeon-soo (novelist)
In Jin Caoye's novel world, we can see the subtle feelings of minority groups that have been forgotten by history, such as women, the disabled, immigrants, and unmarried mothers, as well as the beautiful scenery of them gradually finding their correct position. ——Yin Yaying (literary critic)
Korean literature has become more colorful, confident, and hopeful because of the emergence of the Golden Grass Leaf. ——He He (reader)
In the world of Jin Caoye, which is 70% sad and 30% warm, even if you cannot understand all the basic hypotheses, you can still empathize with the worry and compassion, especially when you read the end of "Lost in the Museum", you are suddenly pulled back from the cold future world to the even colder real world, and you feel indescribably suffocated. Even if we cannot move forward at the speed of light, I think I have seen all the colors of light in Jin Caoye's novels. ——Ark000 (reader)
As far as I read a little Korean literature, two writers have changed my view of Korean literature, one is Lee Chang-dong, and the other is Kim So-ye. They are not grand stories, but have a certain kind of urban atmosphere that is well compatible with the sci-fi mother body, and they also bring women's experience of life and raise romantic questions. Personally, I like the title work and "Symbiosis Hypothesis" the most. ——Adrian (reader)