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THE TIMES SCIENCE FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH ‘Her fiction is a breath-taking piece of a cinematic art … powerful and graceful’ – Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning director of Parasite ’Dazzling’ – The Times A stunning collection of short fiction by one of South Korea’s most treasured writers, available in English for the first time.In the title story, an engaged couple working in distant corners of the galaxy plan to arrive on Earth simultaneously and walk down the aisle together. But small incidents wreak havoc on their vast journeys, pushing the date of their wedding far into the future. As centuries pass on Earth and the land and climate change, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together.Through two pairs of interlinked stories stories, Kim explores the driving forces of humanity – love, hope, creation, destruction, and the very meaning of existence.

THE TIMES SCIENCE FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH‘Her fiction is a breath-taking piece of a cinematic art … powerful and graceful’ – Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning director of Parasite’Dazzling’ – The TimesA stunning collection of short fiction by one of South Korea’s most treasured writers, available in English for the first time.In the title story, an engaged couple working in distant corners of the galaxy plan to arrive on Earth simultaneously and walk down the aisle together. But small incidents wreak havoc on their vast journeys, pushing the date of their wedding far into the future. As centuries pass on Earth and the land and climate change, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together.Through two pairs of interlinked stories stories, Kim explores the driving forces of humanity – love, hope, creation, destruction, and the very meaning of existence.

THE TIMES SCIENCE FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH ‘Her fiction is a breath-taking piece of a cinematic art … powerful and graceful’ – Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning director of Parasite ’Dazzling’ – The Times A stunning collection of short fiction by one of South Korea’s most treasured writers, available in English for the first time.In the title story, an engaged couple working in distant corners of the galaxy plan to arrive on Earth simultaneously and walk down the aisle together. But small incidents wreak havoc on their vast journeys, pushing the date of their wedding far into the future. As centuries pass on Earth and the land and climate change, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together.Through two pairs of interlinked stories stories, Kim explores the driving forces of humanity – love, hope, creation, destruction, and the very meaning of existence.

The acclaimed South Korean author explores two worlds, four stories, and infinite possibilities in this "breath-taking" speculative fiction collection (Bong Joon-ho, Oscar–winning director of Parasite).Available in English for the first time, this volume presents two pairs of thematically interconnected stories by celebrated writer Kim Bo-Young. In "I''m Waiting for You" and "On My Way," an engaged couple coordinate their separate missions to distant corners of the galaxy to ensure—through relativity—they can arrive back on Earth simultaneously to make it down the aisle. But small incidents wreak havoc on space and time, driving their wedding date further away. As centuries on Earth pass, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together.In "The Prophet of Corruption" and "That One Life," humanity is viewed through the eyes of its godlike creators for whom everything on Earth is an extension of their will. When one of them questions this arrangement, it is deemed a perversion—a disease—that must be excised and cured. Yet the Prophet Naban, whose "child" is rebelling, isn''t sure the rebellion is wrong. What if that which is considered criminal is instead the natural order—and those who condemn it corrupt? Exploring the dichotomy between the philosophical and the corporeal, Kim considers the most basic of questions: who am I?

First the floodNext the sicknessLast the changeVisionary Korean author Kim Bo-Young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination."e;[Kim Bo-Young's] fiction is a breathtaking piece of cinematic art."e; -Bong Joon Ho, Academy Award-winning director of ParasiteWhile waiting for a train to Haewon, an isolated Korean seaside village, bodyguard Mu-young gets a disaster alert on her phone. Screens throughout the station report breaking news of a massive earthquake on the coast. Despite the danger, Mu-young boards the train with her niece: she'd rather face the earthquake than leave the girl in her mother's care. That choice haunts her for the rest of her life.Three years later, Haewon Village is home to horrors. The earthquake unleashed an ancient plague that transforms its victims into fishy monsters, and the government's lockdown has cut off any hope for help. Mu-young's niece is dead, and all that's left for her is to hunt villagers who break isolation. When an officious bureaucrat from Seoul arrives in the village, he stirs up even deeper trouble. Will Mu-young survive? Does she even deserve to?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.