Which I learned only from here, along with the fact—I'm sure already common knowledge, but I suppose I haven't been paying attention lol—that the "slate" of Chinese votes that were summarily disqualified by the white censorship committee was a recommendation list published in Science Fiction World.

probably the wildest application of The Zhuangzi I've ever encountered

very impressed, I'm officially giving Angela Carter my "can do no wrong" card, a sort of special patience afforded to writers who've "earned it," so to speak

this book would be a disaster in almost any other hands