TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wingrove,David
TI  - The Middle kingdom 
T2  - Chung kuo
SN  - 0440207614 (pbk.)
AV  - PR6073.I48 M53 1991
U1  - 813.54 WIN1990 
PY  - 1991///, c1990
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Dell Pub. Co.
N1  - Reprint. Originally published by Delacorte Press, New York; Major characters -- List of characters -- Prologue: Winter 2190-Yin/yang: Yin -- Yang -- Spring 2196-Spring day at the edge of the world: Fire and ice -- Silkworm and the mulberry leaf -- Game of static patterns -- Moon dragon -- Spring 2198-Beneath the yellow springs: Brothers -- Light in the darkness -- Machines of flesh -- Kim's game -- Wuwei -- Spring 2201-Domain: Dead rabbit -- Conversation in the firelight -- Augustus -- Summer 2201-Ice and fire: Saddle -- Casting a spell out of ice -- Scent of plum blossom -- Darkening of the light -- Ice and fire -- Epilogue: Summer 2202/Spring 2203-Mosaics: Bridge over nothingness -- Gift of stones -- Author's note -- Glossary of mandarin terms -- Acknowledgments -- In times to come
N2  - The stunning debut of a new storyteller takes place with a vast epic tale of passions and conflicts, of tyranny and the struggle for freedom in a startling and fascinating alternative world--a future when the Chinese rule the Earth
ER  -