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

Oooh! Everything around went suddenly dark, and countless bright spots swiftly floated up. The spots were large and small, floating around.

They seemed to be in the interstellar realm. It was boundless darkness among countless brighter or dimmer stars scattered around the universe like sand in a river, or as though mutually attracting to form clump after clump of strange and fantastic galaxies. Mist-like, colorful nebulae were still more like a dream or a fantasy.

The revolving of the galaxy and the creation and destruction of the stars, along with the diffusion and gradual dissolution of the nebulae, played out in front of everyone's eyes. It brought them to feelings of great mystery while still seeming to hold some kind of order.

"Oh my god! It's beautiful!" screamed some of the female employees.

The Boss’s Fantasy Card