Virginia L. Conn is a lecturer at Stevens Institute of Technology. She researches depictions of the “new socialist human” in socialist science fiction and how those depictions guided policy decisions in Mao-era China, Soviet Russia, and East Germany.
Virginia L. Conn
Articles
The Tyranny of Neutrality in “AI 2041”
Virginia L. Conn reviews the new collection of scientific fiction from Chen Qiufan and Kai-Fu Lee, “AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future.”
Making a Mess of the World: On Hao Jingfang’s “Vagabonds”
Hao Jingfang’s “Vagabonds” considers the reflexive matrix of Chinese and Western cultural perceptions.
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Finding and Losing Oneself in “Invisible Planets”
Virginia L. Conn visits "Invisible Planets," a collection of Chinese SF stories and criticism edited and translated by Ken Liu.
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