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>After only five seconds, Chen Mu entered the buffer zone of Amay City. The wild beasts had long since been cleared out from there, and most of what was there were bases for the cultivation of vegetation. But those cultivation bases only had some low-grade fast-growing plants. When an occasional wild beast got in, they weren't likely to suffer much loss.</p>

<p>Because of the market's great demand for large quantities of raw materials, the study of botany had been gradually flourishing those past few years and had already begun to provide a constant stream of artificially cultivated man-made low-grade vegetative materials.</p>

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