"... The genre largely depends on the reader's own experience and understanding, so every reader would read it as a different genre. Throughout the story, strict science and irrational imagination become undistinguishable, so the reader always has many questions. Only if they get to the end, will they realize it is not as simple as fiction." -- Interview with Mingyuan Dong, 2023
To the Artist Author, writing is an art practice, as she "painted" this piece of work with words.

For Readers of All Genres
Sci-Fi ? Fantasy ? Mystery ? Adventure ? Historical

Ambiguity, Absurdity, and Anti-Realism -- An Adventure of Imagination
This is not sci-fi, but my surrealist story with science.
I was only a ten-year-old boy when the depletion of resources in my homeland, Yarden, led to civil unrest. While Conservists strove to preserve energy for the future, they were faced with opposition from Distributists who advocated for energy distribution for the poor. Seeing their struggle, I, a future scientist, began to seek the solution: the creation of infinite energy. It was then I learned about the hypothesis of the perpetual motion machine, a machine that could run nonstop without any loss of energy, a promise to stop all energy conflicts on Earth. I was ready for my new adventure toward the peace of mankind -- inventing the so-called perpetual motion. Instead of knowledge, I was equipped with beating ambition under my sternum...

About the Author
Mingyuan Dong is a multimedia artist and a trilingual writer, communicating in English, Chinese, and French. She grew up writing short stories and poems. Prior to becoming a creative writer, she has produced French-English translation works and international art publications for the magazine Picture This Post. In addition, she has exhibited her artworks across the United States at Columbia Global Center, New Museum Los Gatos, GIFTS Art Expos, and Worth Ryder Gallery.
Born in 2000, Dong grew up in Beijing, China, and moved to California, USA at fourteen. She received her Bachelor of Arts as a triple-major in Fine Arts, Economics, and French Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

• We started tracking this book on January 19, 2024.
• This book was $0.00 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 5 times in the past 699 days.
• The current price of this book is $2.99 last checked 3 days ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is FREE.
• The lowest price to date was FREE last reached on May 2, 2025.
• This book has been FREE 3 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $2.99 last reached on May 3, 2025.
• This book has been $2.99 3 times since we started tracking it.
• This book is currently at its highest price since we started tracking it.

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 169 Pages
• File Size: 61 KB