
Writer Chung Bora poses earlier than her interview in Seoul, Mar. 6, 2023. Korea Instances picture by Kim Younger-won
Chung Bora’s quick story assortment „Your Utopia: Tales“ has turn into the primary Korean e book nominated for the Philip Ok. Dick Award, one of many world’s most prestigious honors for science fiction novels.
In accordance with the listing of nominees for the 2025 award printed on the award’s homepage Friday (U.S. time), the English translation of Chung’s work is amongst six finalists for the award, which acknowledges distinguished sci-fi fiction initially printed in paperback in the USA.
Translated by Anton Hur and printed by Algonquin Books, „Your Utopia: Tales“ joins nominees from established and rising authors within the sci-fi style.
Different finalists embrace „Metropolis of Dancing Gargoyles“ by Tara Campbell, „Time’s Agent“ by Brenda Peynado, „The Follow, the Horizon, and the Chain“ by Sofia Samatar, „Alien Clay“ by Adrian Tchaikovsky and „Triangulum“ by Subodhana Wijeyeratne.
The Philip Ok. Dick Award, sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip Ok. Dick Belief, has been offered yearly since 1983. It honors the legacy of Philip Ok. Dick, one of the influential American sci-fi authors of the twentieth century.
Winners of the award can be introduced on April 18 at Norwescon in SeaTac, Washington.
„Your Utopia: Tales“ is a revised version of the 2021 quick story assortment titled „Assembly Her“ and comprises eight tales. It was translated and printed within the U.S. final 12 months.
The title story, „Your Utopia,“ depicts a sensible automobile wandering a desolate planet deserted by people as a consequence of a pandemic whereas carrying a damaged humanoid robotic.
Chung, 49, started her writing profession in 1998 and was beforehand nominated for the 2022 Worldwide Booker Prize and the 2023 Nationwide Guide Award for Translated Literature for „Cursed Bunny,“ a group of sci-fi and horror quick tales. (Yonhap)