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Blurb: “In this mind-expanding collection of speculative fiction, available in English for the first time, one of South Korea's most treasured writers explores the driving forces of humanity-love, hope, creation, destruction, and the search for the very meaning of existence- in two pairs of thematically interconnected stories IN "I'm Waiting for You" and "On My Way to You" (translated by Sophie Bowman), an engaged couple coordinate their separate missions to distant corners of the galaxy to ensure-through relativity-they return to Earth simultaneously to walk down the aisle together. But small incidents wreak havoc on space and time, driving their wedding date further away. As centuries on Earth pass and the land and climate change, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together. In two separate yet linked stories, Kim Bo-young cleverly demonstrates the idea that love is timeless and hope springs eternal, despite seemingly insurmountable challenges and the deepest despair.
In "The Prophet of Corruption" and "That One Life" (translated by Sung Ryu) humanity is viewed through the eyes of its creators: godlike beings for whom everything on Earth-from the richest human or person to a speck of dirt-is an extension of their will. When one of their creations questions the righteousness of this arrangement, it is deemed a perversion- a disease-that must be excised and cured. Yet the Prophet Naban, whose "child" is re-belling, isn't sure the rebellion is bad. What if that which
they've considered criminalis instead the natural order- and those who've condemned it corrupt? Exploring the boundaries between the self and the other, Kim ponders the fate of free will as she considers the most basic of questions: Who am I?”
KIM BO-YOUNG is one of South Korea's most active and influential science fiction authors. Her works have immensely inspired younger generations of Korean sci-fi writers since the 2000s. She received the best novella award in the first round of the Korean Science & Technology Creative Writing Awards for her first novella, and she has won the annual South Korean SF Award twice. She has a number of works forthcoming in English translation in the United States, including a short story, "An Evolutionary Myth"; a novella, How Alike Are We, and a short-story collection, On the Origin of Species and Other Stories. She lives in Gangwon Province, South Korea, with her family.