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Sichuan University Press is a comprehensive publisher grounded in academic publishing with a multidisciplinary outlook. Judging from the books in our catalog, the press has invested considerably in science fiction, issuing titles such as Interstellar Navigation: Selected Chinese Science Fiction, China's Best Science Fiction of the Year (2024), and Science Fiction World Selections 2024: The 36th Galaxy Awards Winning Works, bringing together authors including Liu Cixin, Wang Jinkang, He Xi, Han Song, Jiang Bo, and Wang Nuonuo. It also covers military science fiction and speculative futures, as seen in No War Tomorrow and The Idea Machine. Beyond fiction, the press publishes in language and writing, philosophy, history, and personal growth, including Practical Guide to News Spokesmanship and New Interpretations of the Zhou Officialdom. Public information is limited; the above is drawn only from the 26 titles in our catalog.

Published (29)

China's Best Science Fiction of the Year (2024) cover
Rating 4.1
China's Best Science Fiction of the Year (2024) 科幻世界 Sichuan University Press · 2026 As a leading force in Chinese science fiction, Science Fiction World presents its first nationwide selection of the year's best science fiction: twelv…
Science Fiction World Selections 2024: Award-Winning Works of the 36th Galaxy Awards cover
Rating 3.9
Science Fiction World Selections 2024: Award-Winning Works of the 36th Galaxy Awards 科幻世界杂志社 Sichuan University Press · 2026 In 2020, Science Fiction World began publishing the Science Fiction World Anthology, which was well received by the market. In 2025, on the occasion o…
Mind-Bending Q&A Machine: 20 Imaginations About the Future of Humanity cover
Rating 3.8
Mind-Bending Q&A Machine: 20 Imaginations About the Future of Humanity 王诺诺 Sichuan University Press · 2026 In 2021, Science Fiction World launched the column "Brainstorm Q&A," posing a "brainstorm question" each issue and inviting popular Zhihu contributor …
No War Tomorrow: An Anthology of Chinese Military Science Fiction cover
Rating 3.8
No War Tomorrow: An Anthology of Chinese Military Science Fiction Liu Cixin Sichuan University Press · 2026 As technology advances rapidly, future warfare will take shapes radically different from traditional conflict. While new weapons keep improving in pre…
You Are Unreachable (Chinese Science Fiction Cornerstone Series) cover
Rating 3.4
You Are Unreachable (Chinese Science Fiction Cornerstone Series) 鲁般 / 任青 Sichuan University Press · 2026 After Earth is destroyed, humanity wanders through every corner of the universe in search of a habitat. An astronomer who has nothing left, an enginee…
Future Daily Chronicle: A Guide to Life in the AI Era cover
Rating 3.0
Future Daily Chronicle: A Guide to Life in the AI Era 灰狐 / 严曦 Sichuan University Press · 2026 Artificial intelligence is sweeping into our lives with irresistible force. We can sense this subtle yet all-encompassing penetration, yet we remain b…
Stars in Navigation: Selected Chinese Science Fiction cover
Rating 4.2
Stars in Navigation: Selected Chinese Science Fiction Wang Jinkang / 何夕 / Han Song / Jiang Bo Sichuan University Press · 2025 This collection brings together multiple Chinese science fiction works shortlisted for the Hugo Awards in 2023 and 2024. It includes classic pieces by…
The Age of God-Making cover
Rating 3.8
The Age of God-Making 严曦 Sichuan University Press · 2025 In Chengdu, China, Zhu Yue, a young man made redundant by artificial intelligence, is about to give up the struggle—just as the first awakening of str…
Sinking cover
Rating 3.8
Sinking Yu Dafu Sichuan University Press · 2024 Sinking is Yu Dafu's first collection of short stories, published in October 1921 by Shanghai Taidong Book Company and widely recognized as the first …
New Interpretations of the Zhou Offices cover
Rating 3.5
New Interpretations of the Zhou Offices Wang Anshi Sichuan University Press · 2024 Also known as New Meanings of the Rites of Zhou or The Meaning of the Zhou Official, it is one of the "Three Classics with New Meanings" written by Wa…
Confucian Canon cover
Confucian Canon Institute of Ancient Books Collation, Sichuan University / 舒大刚 / Zhang Shuhua Sichuan University Press · 2022 If the Tripitaka and the Daozang are regarded as the comprehensive collections of Buddhist and Daoist literature, then the Confucian Canon is a system…
The Book of the Dead cover
Rating 3.6
The Book of the Dead Qin Ming Sichuan University Press · 2020 The Book of the Dead is a popular forensic-science work by the forensic examiner Qin Ming. Taking "death education" as its main thread, it links foren…
Torrent Reading: Boosting the Workplace (Six-Volume Set) cover
Rating 3.3
Torrent Reading: Boosting the Workplace (Six-Volume Set) Gao Yuan Sichuan University Press · 2020 Life calls for inspiration; without it, all is pessimism. The workplace is a battlefield: you need some grounding in economic common sense, and even m…
Workplace Evolution: How to Get Through a Career Plateau cover
Rating 3.4
Workplace Evolution: How to Get Through a Career Plateau 李珊 Sichuan University Press · 2019 Written from an HR perspective and drawing on the firsthand experiences of seasoned professionals, this book distills lessons from their successes and…
College: How Should I Study? cover
Rating 3.0
College: How Should I Study? 何芳 Sichuan University Press · 2019 When we first enter university, we may feel lost because we don't yet understand what university is like. How to study? How to get along with classmat…
Microexpressions: Insight into the Human Heart cover
Rating 3.0
Microexpressions: Insight into the Human Heart 何芳 Sichuan University Press · 2019 Micro-expressions are the outward signs in facial expressions and body language of a person's true inner feelings. In daily life, if we misunderstand …
The Power of Habit: Don't Let Bad Habits Hinder Your Progress cover
Rating 3.0
The Power of Habit: Don't Let Bad Habits Hinder Your Progress 吕晓燕 Sichuan University Press · 2019 Aristotle said, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Sometimes a single careless action can change a person's…
Advancing with Borrowed Strength: The Integration Era of Turning Fragments into a Whole cover
Rating 3.0
Advancing with Borrowed Strength: The Integration Era of Turning Fragments into a Whole 余江 Sichuan University Press · 2019 For integration, this is the best of times and an even better one. Change your thinking; just take one more step in action, seek everything you need t…
The Art of Expression: Speaking Beautifully Is a Skill cover
Rating 3.0
The Art of Expression: Speaking Beautifully Is a Skill Zhao Hui Sichuan University Press · 2019 This book offers a detailed introduction to speaking skills in everyday conversation, the workplace, public speaking, negotiation, debate, and marketi…
If You Don't Understand the Human Heart, It's Hard to Win in Life cover
Rating 3.0
If You Don't Understand the Human Heart, It's Hard to Win in Life 李珊 Sichuan University Press · 2019 As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be in peril." If we can understand a person to the greatest extent possible…

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