Fang Xiang

This is both a work of science fiction and an exploration of the meaning of life, love, literature and art. Brainpower is no longer the main ingredient for being human in this far distant future world.  Spirituality, physical balance, and diligence all come together as integrity for Chen Mu, the Card Apprentice.  The cards which Chen Mu masters in his own scrappy way, distill all the powers of the cosmos –  human and nonhuman –  into something that is not a book, not technology, and neither art nor magic, but is these and more.  Learn about these strange cards, which can embody everything you might imagine for the future of technology, but also a future beyond technology which promotes the best, and sometimes the worst, from mankind’s past.

The Card Apprentice

<p>The conflict between the Ning and Zuo households had reached its climax just when Chen Mu began playing with the Big Mud Fish. Chen Mu himself couldn't remember just how many raining shuttles card .II's he had made. But he had made an average of twenty every three days without interruption. The trend in his contribution points was also heading up to crazy heights during the same period.</p>

<p>Completely devoted to learning to use the jet stream card, Chen Mu didn't much care except that every three days after he had finished twenty raining shuttle cards .II, He would excitedly race over to the flight training space. He had to pay two points for every hour's use of the flight training space, which was like a drop in the bucket for him by that point.</p>

Black and White Chrysanthemum Rock