Bae Myung-hoon is an acclaimed South Korean writer of science fiction known for his inventive world-building and biting political humor. His debut story collection, Tower (Honford Star, 2021), is the first Korean science fiction book by a single author to be translated into English. Bae has written more than a dozen novels and short-story collections, an essay collection, and a sci-fi children’s book.
Translation Folio
Spring 2023
The Aspiration for “Cha-Ka-Ta-Pa”
Though nobody believes this, the Isolation Lab run by my university’s history division does not lock up students. Its only aim is aiding unbiased historical research on a given era. […]