Other realities and other universes materialize at literary week

Science fiction was featured at this year's International Literary Week, a key part of the annual Shanghai Book Fair.

Thirty-one authors and scholars from home and abroad took part in the festival, signing books, giving speeches and participating in discussion panels on the literary genre which is gaining more popularity in China.

Ye Xin, a deputy chairman of the China Writers' Association, said that a number of Chinese authors have gained international recognition in science fiction writing in recent years.