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Balin by Chen Qiufan translated by Ken Liu (audio)

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Clarkesworld Magazine

Science Fiction, Fiction

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2016

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Our second podcast for April is “Balin” written by Chen Qiufan and read by Kate Baker. Originally published in Chinese in People’s Literature, July 2015. Translated and published in partnership with Storycom.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey Clark's World Citizens, I have an important question for you.

0:07.0

How does all the magic happen to bring you a podcast in each and every month?

0:12.0

You. The Clarksville Podcast is listener supported by awesome people like you.

0:20.0

Please go to W.W.

0:22.2

Patreon.com boards. you, please go to W.W.

0:25.0

dot Patreon.com, slash Clark your host and narrator Kate Baker.

0:45.0

Greetings Clark's citizens. I hope this podcast finds you extraordinarily well.

0:50.0

Our first story is a long one, so I'm just going to jump right in. The piece is titled

0:55.6

Baylin and is by Chen Kiefen, translated by Ken Liu. And this is for the April 2016 issue. Now, Chen Kifon was born in 1981 in

1:09.7

Shantu China. In accordance with Chinese custom, Mr. Chen's surname is written first. He sometimes

1:16.9

uses the English name Stanley Chan. He is a graduate of Peking University and published his first story in 1997 in Science Fiction

1:26.2

World, China's largest Science Fiction magazine.

1:30.7

Since 2004, he has published over 30 stories in science fiction world, Esquire, Hutsba, and other magazines.

1:39.0

His first novel, The Abyss of Vision, came out in 2006. He won Taiwan's Dragon Fantasy Award in 2006

1:46.5

with a record of the Cave of Ning Mountain, a work written in classical Chinese.

1:55.4

His story, the story was translated into English in Italian and can be found in the apex book of World SF2 and alias six. He now lives in Beijing and works for Google China. You can find him at his website site dot duban that's do you B-A-N- dot com,

2:14.6

4-06-8-9.

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And if you like what you hear,

2:21.0

go back to April 2011 where you got the fish of Li Cheng, also translated by Ken Lou.

2:29.0

And March 2015 brought you, Coming of the Light. So without further ado, I'd like you to sit back,

2:37.0

relax, and let me tell you a story.

2:46.0

I judge of your sight by my sight, of your ear by my ear,

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