On the origin of species and other stories

Straddling science fiction, fantasy and myth, the writings of award-winning author Bo-Young Kim have garnered a cult following in South Korea, where she is widely acknowledged as a pioneer and inspiration. On the Origin of Species and Other Stories makes available for the first time in English some of Kim's most acclaimed stories, as well as an essay on science fiction. Kim's strikingly original, thought-provoking work teems with all manner of beings both nonhuman and human, all of whom are striving to survive through evolution, be it biological, technological, or social.
Whether examining the existential longings of robot scientists or the shape-shifting transformations of a prince yearning for invisibility or the real-life heartbreak cached inside a massively multiplayer online game, Kim's literature of ideas offers some of the most rigorous and surprisingly poignant reflections on posthuman existence being written today.