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A Summer Beyond Your Reach: Stories by Xia Jia

Xia Jia's first English language short story collection and the debut book from Clarkesworld Books, a new SF translation imprint.
1,063 backers pledged $34,065 to help bring this project to life.
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THANK YOU!

On behalf of the project team, I would like to thank you all. The campaign ended tonight with 1,063 backers providing $34,065 in funds for this project.  Kickstarter will start... Read more

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Successfully raised $34,065 with 1,063 backers

Closing in on Stretch Goal #2

We are now just under $500 away from unlocking our second stretch goal: Touchable Unreality 1, a bilingual anthology of Chinese SF published in the first year of Clarkesworld... Read more

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A Summer Beyond Your Reach

In all my years of editing and publishing, one of the things I am most proud of is the work we’ve done to create opportunities for international authors, so I... Read more

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Valentine's Day

Given the date, it seems appropriate to share another one of Xia Jia's stories that can be found online:

"Valentine's Day" by Xia Jia, translated by Ken Liu, published at... Read more

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A note from Xia Jia (in Kirkenes, Norway)

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Stretch Goal #1 - UNLOCKED

We've unlocked our first stretch goal!

Every edition of Xia Jia's collection will now include an extra story! She's writing this one just for us, so we don't have details... Read more

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A few words from Xia Jia

Xia Jia is currently in Norway and sent us a video to share with you:

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Racing towards the finish line

After a wild weekend of new pledges--primarily thanks to people who saw Andrew Liptak's article at the Verge--we are now at 92% funded! This fantastic development has lowered my stress... Read more

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Happy Spring Festival!

Today is the Spring Festival, the first day of the Year of the Pig.  It's the perfect time to read (or re-read) Xia Jia's story about common people's life in... Read more

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Seven Days In

This campaign is now entering its seventh day and has reached the 49% mark! We had some fantastic support over the weekend and it has pushed this project well-along its... Read more

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The first twenty-four hours

We're off to an excellent start! It's very heartwarming to see this campaign reach the 20% funding mark in its first twenty-four hours. We can't rest yet, so if there's... Read more

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