The jury of the 35th Galaxy Award commented on Tan Gang as follows:

"Since his debut with the novel 'The rule of Raphael Galileo' in 2016, he has quickly distinguished himself in the science fiction literary world with his rich imagination and unique writing style. The characters in his stories often possess a touching idealism and spirit of dedication, and their tragic and moving sacrifices and vigilance can directly touch the readers' hearts. His works focus on the details, creating a highly realistic fantasy world with vivid and thorough details, making it feel like a chronicle of the future world."

★Chinese Science Fiction Titans Liu Cixin, Wang Jinkang, Han Song, and Wu Yan Jointly Recommend.
★Chinese science fiction rising star Tan Gang's sincere masterpiece! The author has won prestigious Chinese science fiction literary awards such as the "Morning Star Cup," the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award, and the Lenghu Science Fiction Literary Award! The author won the Best Newcomer Award at the 35th Galaxy Awards in 2024 for this work!
★This book revolves around topics such as nuclear war, energy depletion, and artificial intelligence to explore science fiction imagination, depicting the brutal struggle between humans and a neural network named Raphael Galileo. An AI that monitors humans through iris chips, a group of humans who dare to sacrifice everything and resist AI using braille, a game within a game that spans a century... Can humanity regain control of its own destiny？

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All things in the world, in the final analysis, are just a very simple idea. Saturday and my father, they are both pure idealists, and they both see the unreasonableness of the world under Raphael Galileo's control. The knowledge control system strangles productivity, the crime prevention system gradually loses its effectiveness, the entire society is like a decaying old man gradually moving towards death, but Sunday, who has the ability to stop Raphael Galileo, turns a blind eye to these facts, just like a person pretending to sleep wants to embrace an unwoken dream. The common problem of all utopias is productivity, and the pioneers who exhausted their efforts to build Raphael Galileo are no exception.

The rule of Raphael Galileo must be overthrown; towards this ideal, they have built everything.

In 2590, hundreds of years after the nuclear war, humanity, having endured great hardships, is recovering amidst turmoil, only to be controlled by their own creation—a neural network named Raphael Galileo. Just as humanity is about to drown in its embrace, an action to overthrow the machine rule begins. Seven humans pay the price of blood and tears in this century-spanning struggle, unveiling the veil of the future, only to discover a more brutal truth...

Tan Gang

Tan Gang, a game industry designer and science fiction writer, has won awards such as the Morning Star Award, the Chinese Nebula Award, the Lenghu Science Fiction Literary Award, and the Chinese Dunhuang Science Fiction Literary Award. His writing style is versatile, and his works often focus on depicting the evolution of humanity and society amidst technological changes.
Tan Gang is a designer in the gaming industry and a science fiction writer. His works have won awards such as the Morning Star Award, the Chinese Nebula Award, the Lenghu Science Fiction Literary Award, and the Chinese Dunhuang Science Fiction Literary Award.
In 2016, he made his debut with the long novel "The rule of Raphael Galileo" and won the Best Newcomer Award at the 35th Galaxy Award in 2024 with this work. In 2019, his work "Hong Yu" won the Lenghu Science Fiction Literature Award. In 2021, his work "The Reflection of Sand" won the Best Medium-Length Science Fiction Novel Award at the first China Dunhuang Science Fiction Creation Invitational Contest and was translated and published in an overseas science fiction magazine in 2024. In 2023, his work "Iron mirror" won the Qi Xiang Award.
In terms of writing style and concept, Tan Gang pursues an elegant and sublime core experience in his writing. His works are diverse in style and mainly focus on depicting the changes of human beings and society under the influence of technological progress. In Tan Gang's view, science fiction is based on science but also to some extent transcends science fiction. One of the writers who has had a great impact on his writing skills and provided important guidance is Norio Nanjo. "Norio Nanjo is neither a serious literary writer nor a science fiction writer, but a martial arts writer." Tan Gang has ten years of experience in cold weapon combat, so his writing is also deeply influenced by martial arts concepts.