Spanning more than a halfcentury of South Korean scifi this massive anthology documents a unique convergence of culture and genreReadymade Bodhisattva The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction presents the first booklength Englishlanguage translation of science and speculative fiction from South Korea bringing together 13 classic and contemporary stories from the 1960s through the 2010s. From the reimagining of an Asimovian robot inside the walls of a Buddhist temple and a postapocalyptic showdown between South and North Korean refugees on a faraway planet to a fictional recollection of a disabled womans struggle to join an international space mission these stories showcase the thematic and stylistic versatility of South Korean sciencefiction writers in its wide array. At once conversant with the global sciencefiction tradition and thick with local historical specificities their works resonate with other popular cultural products of South Koreafrom Kpop and Kdrama to videogames which owe part of their appeal to their pulsating technocultural edge and their ability to play off familiar tropes in unexpected ways.Coming from a country renowned for its hitech industry and ultraspeed broadband yet mired in the unfinished Cold War South Korean science fiction offers us fresh perspectives on global technoindustrial modernity and its human consequences.