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Names: Isaacson, Nathaniel, author.

Title: Celestial empire: the emergence of Chinese science fiction / Nathaniel Isaacson.

Description: Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2017. |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016028269 (print) | LCCN 2016046258 (ebook) | ISBN 9780819576675 (cloth: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780819576682 (pbk.: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780819576699 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Science fiction, Chinese—History and criticism.

Classification: LCC PL2275.S34 I83 2017 (print) | LCC PL2275.S34 (ebook) | DDC 895.13/0876209—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016028269

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Cover illustration: A Chinese depiction of what was most likely an unmanned, steam-powered aircraft made by American inventor Samuel Langley (1834–1906). Dianshizhai huabao (c. January 1897–January 1898).