Invisible Planets 看不见的星球 by 郝景芳

Invisible Planets-A sci-fi short story written by Hugo Award winner Hao Jingfang

Invisible Planets features a range of unique planets with their distinctive¹ residents. One of the planets in the story has exceptionally beautiful landscapes and happy people habitual² of telling lies. Meanwhile, another planet inhabits people who appear open to all sorts of new ideas but never really accept any. At the same time, another planet is ruled by two species that depend on each other but never get to know about each other’s existence. This story is full of insight, imagination, and metaphors³ of human society. Born in 1984, Hao Jinfang, has degrees in both physics and economics from Tsinghua University. She works as a macroeconomics researcher at China Development Research Foundation. In 2016, she won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for her science fiction Folding Beijing.

1 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

2 habitual   

adj.习惯性的；通常的，惯常的

参考例句：

• He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
• They are habitual visitors to our house.他们是我家的常客。

3 metaphors   

隐喻( metaphor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I can only represent it to you by metaphors. 我只能用隐喻来向你描述它。
• Thus, She's an angel and He's a lion in battle are metaphors. 因此她是天使，他是雄狮都是比喻说法。