- Overview
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Readers can encounter the writers who are leading the revival of Korean science fiction in this volume. A sci-fi anthology containing the amazing imaginings of eight writers about books and bookstores.
- Book Intro
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Now is the golden age of Korean science fiction. Some may say that a new generation of writers, like the morning star, has led this current revival, but Korean science fiction has been developing deeply and steadily for longer than we thought. Trapped in Books: a Sci-Fi Anthology about Books and Bookstores is a collection of short stories by eight writers who are currently leading the revival of Korean science fiction with their brilliant and surprising imaginations. In this anthology, Kim Seong-il, Mun Nok-ju, Song Gyeong-a, O Seung-hyeon, Yi Gyeong- hi, Yi Ji-yeon, Jeon Hye- jin, and Cheon Seon-ran, all active in the vanguard of Korean science fiction, show their love for the genre in stories around the central theme of books and bookstores, offering readers more fun through various science fiction genre variations.
- About the Author
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Kim Seongil
Kim Seongil mainly writes science fiction and fantasy novels. While working as editor-in-chief of the publishing house Choyeomyeong, he wrote and edited a number of TRPG works. He published his first book Stars of Mercia in 2016. His other stories include The Wizard of Mercia, Songs of the Stars and The Owl’s Garden. He won the 2018 SF Award for his work The Knight of La Mancha.
Mun Nok-ju
A bisexual woman, she writes highly speculative novels. She has published sci-fi and thriller novels since 2019. (2021. 구픽)
Song Gyeong-a
O Seung-hyeon
After working in advertisement and making cosmetics, she writes fiction now. She has published Ggondae Bookstore.
Yi Kyeong-hi
Her works mainly talk about death, loneliness, rank and power. Her novel, The Ship of Theseus, was awarded the Grand Prize at the 2020 SF Awards in the novel category.
Yi Ji-yeon
Jeon Heyjin
(English) Jeon has been writing about women and their stories in the genres of manhwa, webtoons, thrillers, sci-fi, history horror, and even nonfiction. In the field of nonfiction, she brings readers’ attention to the veiled stories of women in Women Who Become Unearthly Ghosts, The Genealogy of Sci-Fi in Romance Manhwa, and Why We Love Math, the latter of which is about 29 women mathematicians. Her novels include The One at a Needle’s End, 280 Days, and Atlantis Girl. Her short stories are included in In This Beautiful World and We Summon Ghosts. She also published a collection of her essays titled By the Cottage Window in the Book Forest.
Seon Ran Cheon
(English) Cheon Seonran writes about environmental degradation, animal extinction, and viruses as key motifs in her stories. Despite her constant efforts to stretch her fictional imagination, her brainstorming always brings her to the questions of how Earth will come to an end and what will happen in outer space. One day, she realized she wanted to put these ideas down in print. Cheon spends most of her time imagining and writing. She made her debut in 2019 with the novel Broken Bridges, which won the 4th Science Fiction Award. She recently published the collection A Material Love. She won the grand prize for 2019 Korean Science and Literature Award.
(Japanese) 2020年、最も注目されるＳＦ作家のひとり。人間でないものに関して語るのが好きで、面白い話とは何なのかについて探求し続けている。動植物が主流となり、人間が非主流になる世界を夢見ている。
‐作品に、長編小説『千個の青』（2020）、『崩れた橋』（2019）、短編集『ある物質の愛』（2020）など。
‐ＳＦアワード2020長編小説部門優秀賞受賞、第４回韓国科学文学賞長編小説部門大賞（2019）受賞、2020メガボックスプラスエム×安全家屋ストーリー公募：スーパーマイナリティヒーロー（2020）受賞。
(French) L’écrivaine traite la destruction de la nature, l’extinction des animaux et le virus comme le thème de son livre. Elle pensait toujours la fin de la Terre et rêvait de ce qui se passerait quelque part dans l’univers. Un jour, elle se décide à en faire un roman.
