On the Origin of Species and Other Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781885030719)

New adventures in posthuman sci-fi from the author of I'm Waiting for You

Longlisted for National Book Award in Translated Literature, 2021

Straddling science fiction, fantasy and myth, the writings of award-winning author Bo-Young Kim have garnered a cult following in South Korea, where she is widely acknowledged as a pioneer and inspiration. On the Origin of Species makes available for the first time in English some of Kim's most acclaimed stories, as well as an essay on science fiction. Her strikingly original, thought-provoking work teems with human and non-human beings, all of whom are striving to survive through evolution, whether biologically, technologically or socially. Kim's literature of ideas offers some of the most rigorous and surprisingly poignant reflections on posthuman existence being written today.

Bo-Young Kim (born 1975) won the inaugural Korean Science & Technology Creative Writing Award with her first published novella in 2004 and has gone on to win the annual South Korean SF Novel Award three times. In addition to writing, she regularly serves as a lecturer, juror and editor of sci-fi anthologies, and served as a consultant to Parasite director Bong Joon Ho's earlier sci-fi film Snowpiercer. She has novellas forthcoming from HarperCollins in 2021. She lives in Gangwon Province, South Korea, with her family.

Author: Bo-Young Kim
ISBN-10: 1885030711
ISBN-13: 9781885030719
Publisher: Kaya Press
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2021
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.90d
Award: National Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/10/2021
Shelf Awareness 05/25/2021