Zichuan Gan
PhD student in comparative literature at the University of Toronto researching Chinese science fiction, focusing on themes of technology, death and non-binary social frameworks.
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Feb 12, 2026 • 55min
What Chinese science-fiction has to tell us about reality
Liu Cixin, Hugo-winning author of The Three-Body Problem, and Zichuan Gan, a PhD student studying Chinese sci‑fi, explore how Chinese science fiction blurs binaries. They discuss rapid modernization, techno‑fetishism, death and technology, queer readings, censorship, and why speculative stories reshape social imagination. The conversation highlights mixed realities rather than simple oppositions.
