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>That was a challenge noticed by the entire Heavenly Federation. If one were to say fantasy card viewership had gone a little slack, by now, absolutely no one wasn't watching attentively. Some of the reporters were even introducing the Black-Line Star Listing to audiences beyond the Heavenly Drum Village District; it was a ranking unique to that district, after all.</p>

<p>When the audience started to understand the value of the Black-Line Star Listing, the viewership for that battle challenge surged. Any contest between aces would always be highly anticipated. Classes in many schools' card artisan departments were suspended on the spot, all of the teachers turning on the fantasy card viewers in their classrooms.</p>

Fire and Ice