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Summer at Grandma's House by Hao Jingfang, translated by Carmen Yiling Yan (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine

Science Fiction, Fiction

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2015

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Our fifth podcast for October is “Summer at Grandma’s House ” written by Hao Jingfang, translated by Carmen Yiling Yan, and read by Kate Baker. Originally published in Chinese in Science Fiction World, 2007. Translated and published in partnership with Storycom.

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So please, visit the Clark's World Magazine.com, Support Us page, and that's Clark with an e and find out the many

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ways that you can continue to bring fiction to your ears your eyes and all the senses. And let me continue to tell you a story. You are listening to a Clarks World magazine podcast with your host and narrator Kate Baker.

0:43.0

Greetings,

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Cultural Citizens, I hope this podcast finds you extraordinarily well.

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Our sixth story for the month of October 2015

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is titled Summer at Grandma's House and is by

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Howe Shingfeng and is translated by Carmen Yiling Jan. In 2002, Hal Shink Feng was awarded first prize in the new concept writing competition.

1:09.8

She gained her undergraduate degree from Singh Hua University's Department of Physics and her PhD from the same University in Economics and Management in 2012.

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Her fiction has appeared in various publications, including Menya, science fiction world.

1:26.6

She has published two full-length novels, Wandering Mayarth, and returned to Sharon,

1:32.4

a book of cultural essays, Europe and time, and the short story

1:36.8

collection Star Travelers. Her fiction has appeared before an English translation in

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light speed and uncanny. for an English translation in Lightspeed and Uncanny.

1:44.0

Our translator, Carmen Yilinyan, was born in China and currently attends UCLA.

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Tense starting out as an amateur translator. Her translation work has been published by Clark's World, Lightspeed, and Galaxy's Edge.

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Her writing has been published in daily science fiction.

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So, I invite you to sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story. He pondered silently the chain of unconnected actions that had determined his doom and destiny had been of his own creation.

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After this summer I finally understand what Kamu said of Sissophis.

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I never looked at the word fate this way before.

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In the past I always thought that either it was prearranged and all

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