{"product_id":"if-we-cannot-go-at-the-speed-of-light-hardcover","title":"If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Choyeop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnton Hur\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Korean science fiction author Kim Cho-yeop, a stunning and poignant collection of literary speculative fiction stories that explore the complexities of identity, love, death, and the search for life's meaning, perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eExhalation \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIf We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, Korean science fiction superstar Kim Cho-yeop leads us to places we never thought we'd reach, imagining worlds galaxies away and unfamiliar lifeforms with near-dizzying humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn elderly woman stranded in a defunct space station recounts her life story to a visitor as she waits for a vessel that may never arrive. A man comes across a company called Emotional Solids that sells emotions as material products--love as a piece of chocolate, sadness as a smooth stone, anger as a glass paperweight--and tries to understand why people would want to purchase any negative emotions. When an enigmatic artist reveals long-forgotten messages from beyond through her wildly original paintings portraying a planet from a time long before humanity formed, a team of researchers investigate if this planet truly existed and if so, how did this artist know of it? After a pregnant woman's estranged mother dies suddenly, her avatar disappears from the library of lost souls where the digital minds of the deceased are stored--and the woman is forced, for the first time, to endeavor to understand her mother. In a future utopian society where gene selection has been made uniform and all those with imperfections are cast aside, one woman seeks the truth about the history of her isolated world. And when a young woman undertakes a never-before-accomplished journey through a wormhole, she must reckon with the legacy of her aunt, who vanished mysteriously days before she was meant to begin the same pilgrimage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraversing the bounds of imagination with an ethereal incisiveness, Kim Cho-yeop's stories dismantle the borders between normal and abnormal, material and abstract, earthly and otherworldly. With unforgettable inventiveness and pathos, \u003ci\u003eIf We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light\u003c\/i\u003e heralds the arrival of an essential voice in contemporary fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Cho-yeop has a master's degree in biochemistry from Pohang University of Science and Technology. When she burst onto the Korean literary scene, her short story \"Lost on Premises\" received immediate recognition at the 2017 Korean Science Fiction Awards. She is also the recipient of the Minumsa Writer of the Year Award and the Munhak Dongne Young Writer Award. Her first short story collection \u003ci\u003eIf We Can't Travel at the Speed of Light\u003c\/i\u003e has sold over two hundred thousand copies in Korea alone. She is also the author of two more short story collections, \u003ci\u003eThe World I Just Left Behind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bookstore of Planetary Languages\u003c\/i\u003e. Kim Cho-yeop's first novel, \u003ci\u003eGreenhouse At the End of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, became an instant bestseller in South Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.51 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52057363480877,"sku":"9781668049457","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/if-we-cannot-go-at-the-speed-of-light-hardcover-4812235.webp?v=1780168745","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/if-we-cannot-go-at-the-speed-of-light-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}