A History of the Conquest of the Maya by Ma Boyong
马伯庸
《殷商舰队玛雅征服史》
(2007)
Alternate history as comic novel. Ma Boyong imagines a meeting between exiled forces of the Shang Dynasty and pre-Columbian middle America.
The book originated online and is written in the same arch tone that Ma employs to great effect on his blog. He's also obviously a fan of Stephen Chow.
The book is lightweight and fun, but it'll probably grate on anyone familiar with the actual Mayan history (although it does acquit itself better than the other "China meets Maya" novel I read this year. That book, thankfully, remains unpublished).
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Hello. It's too bad this blog isn't full of new and interesting commentators. I am an american but interested in how chinese sci-fi is developing since science fiction as I know is western. I thought it would be neat to get an eastern perspective on progress. If you know any good books in english (sorry I don't know any mandarin at all) please email me. As it's been a few months I assume you've given up. Even if you have I appreciate the effort.
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