Future Past Tense

Hailed by critics and award-winning authors—including Kim Cho-yeop (author of If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light)—as a representative masterpiece of the Korean science-fiction Golden Age, Future Past Tense is the eagerly awaited new collection from the masterful storyteller, Bae Myung-hoon. Bae returns with eight utterly original worlds where the boundaries of time, space, and language dissolve, confirming his place as a pioneer of modern Korean literature.Experience the heart-wrenching pursuit of a vanished first love and follow journeys that span from the bottom of the Earth’s ocean to spacecraft bound for Mars. Bae’s unique voice—a trademark blend of intellectual discourse, empathetic humor, and keen social insight—delivers a reading experience that is both exhilarating and deeply moving. This essential collection defines the standard for contemporary Korean speculative fiction.