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1. The Year of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
2. ONE
3. Another journey west, Bold and Psin find an empty land;
4. Temur is displeased, and the chapter has a stormy end.
5. TWO
6. Through the realm of hungry ghosts
7. A monkey wanders, lonely as a cloud.
8. THREE
9. In Egypt our pilgrim is sold into slavery; In Zanj he encounters again the inescapable Chinese.
10. FOUR
11. After dismal events, a piece of the Buddha appears;
12. Then the treasure fleet asks Tianfei to calm their fears.
13. FIVE
14. In a Hangzhou restaurant, Bold and Kyu rejoin their jati; In a single moment, end of many months harmony.
15. SIX
16. By way of the Grand Canal our pilgrims escape justice;
17. SEVEN
18. New capital, new emperor, plots reach their ends. Boy against China; you can guess who wins.
19. EIGHT
20. In the bardo, Bold explains to Kyu the true nature of reality; Their jati regathered, they are cast back into the world.
21. One. The Cuckoo in the Village
22. Two. Back in the Bardo
23. Three. Tiger Mercy
24. Four. Akbar
25. Five. The Haj to Mecca
26. Six. Al Andalus
27. Seven. The Caravan of Fools
28. Eight. Baraka
29. Nine. Another Meeting in the Bardo
30. Transmutation
31. The Mercy of the Khan
32. The Khan Confronts the Void
33. The Chest of Wisdom
34. The Speed of Light
35. Jewels in the Sky
36. The Goddess and the Law
37. Make Trouble
38. Dragon Bites World
39. A Weapon from God
40. One. A Case of Soul theft
41. Two. The Remembering
42. Three. Waves Slap Together
43. Four. The Afterlife
44. Chapter One. The Fall of Konstantiniyye
45. Chapter Two. Travancore
46. Chapter Three. Gold Mountain
47. Chapter Four. Black Clouds
48. ONE
49. TWO
50. THREE
51. FOUR
52. FIVE
53. SIX
54. SEVEN
55. EIGHT
56. NINE
57. TEN
58. ELEVEN
59. TWELVE
60. THIRTEEN
61. FOURTEEN
62. FIFTEEN
63. SIXTEEN
64. SEVENTEEN
65. EIGHTEEN
66. NINETEEN
67. TWENTY
68. TWENTY ONE
69. TWENTY TWO
70. I. Always China
71. 2. This Square Fathom
72. 3. Writing Burmese History
73. 4. The Red Egg