Seeds of Mercury

by Wang Jinkang

Seeds of Mercury by Wang Jinkang was a finalist or poll selection for the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novella.

Businessman Chen Yizhe inherits his aunt's scientific work and takes up her plan to establish a radically different form of life on Mercury. Her experiments with metal-based organisms draw him into an undertaking whose ambitions extend far beyond one human lifetime.

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Finalist, 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novella · Source ↗