Taklamakan is a short story by American writer Bruce Sterling. It was first published in the 1998 Oct/Nov volume of Asimov's Science Fiction.[1]

Plot

The story follows a government contracted spy and his coworker as they enter the Taklamakan Desert to explore and substantiate rumors about a group of Chinese habitats that simulate generation ships in a cave under the Taklamakan Desert.

Reception

It won the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Novelette as well as the 1999 Foreign Short Story Hayakawa Award.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "1999 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  2. ^ "sfadb: Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award 1999". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  3. ^ "THE NON-NATIVE LANGUAGE OF CYBERPUNK: FROM RETRO-DICTION TO PRE-DICTION AND BACK AGAIN. AN INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE STERLING". Knowledge Cultures. 6 (1): 131–146. 2018. doi:10.22381/KC6120110. ISSN 2327-5731.