2010 Ares Express by Ian McDonald

Throwing anything away is unfannishness at its worst, fakefan.

Spotlights were directed on the train until, half-way, Chinese spotlights took over. But once out of Mongolia the oppressive atmosphere lifted immediately. The Chinese border station was called Erh-lien-hao-t'e and it was decked out with fairy lights.

Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.