Ken Liu

Author of The Grace of Kings

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About the Author

Includes the names: Ken Liu, Ken Lui, ケンリュウ, ケン・リュウ

Image credit: Author Ken Liu at the 2016 Texas Book Festival By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53295648

Series

The Dandelion Dynasty

The Chrysanthemum and the Dandelion

Works by Ken Liu

Popular Recent

The Grace of Kings (2015) 1,872 copies

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (2016) 1,587 copies

The Wall of Storms (2016) 574 copies

Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (2016) — Editor; Translator — 557 copies

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories (2020) — Author — 436 copies

Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (2019) — Editor; Translator — 363 copies

The Veiled Throne (2021) 259 copies

The Legends of Luke Skywalker (2017) 242 copies

Speaking Bones (2022) 160 copies

The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary (2011) 81 copies

The Cleaners (2020) 66 copies

The Paper Menagerie {short story} (2011) 64 copies

Mono no Aware [short story] 20 copies

The Regular (2017) 14 copies

All The Flavors (2012) 12 copies

Jardins de Poussiere (2019) 12 copies

The Armies of Those I Love (2021) 12 copies

Vagabonds 9 copies

The Algorithms for Love (2004) 9 copies

Forever Magazine Issue 1 (2015) — Contributor — 8 copies

Reborn (The Anderson Project, #1) (2014) 8 copies

Simulacrum 7 copies

The Plague 7 copies

Memories of My Mother {short fiction} (2012) — Author — 6 copies

Seven Birthdays (2016) 6 copies

The Passing of the Dragon: A Tor.Com Original 5 copies

The Five Elements of the Heart Mind 5 copies

The Message 4 copies

The year of the rat 4 copies

Uncanny Magazine Issue 50: January/February 2023 4 copies

Staying Behind {short story} 4 copies

The Clockwork Soldier 3 copies

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories [Japanese original collection] (2015) 3 copies

Oz Reimagined: The Veiled Shanghai (2013) 3 copies

Single-bit Error 3 copies

The People of Pele (2012) 3 copies

The Litigation Master and the Monkey King 3 copies

The Perfect Book 3 copies

The Tome of Tourmaline 3 copies

The Hidden Girl {novelette} (2017) 3 copies

Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer {short story} 3 copies

A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel {short story} 3 copies

Tongtong's Summer 2 copies

Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit - Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts {short story} 2 copies

Ghost Days {short story} 2 copies

Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon 2 copies

State Change 2 copies

A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight 2 copies

Thoughts and prayers {short story} (2019) 2 copies

Colectia de Povestiri Stiintifico-Fantastice (CPSF A #25-26) 2 copies

The Fish of Lijiang 2 copies

In the Loop [short story] 2 copies

Effect and Cause 2 copies

The Literomancer 2 copies

Tying Knots [short fiction] 2 copies

The Countable (2011) 2 copies

Maxwell's Demon 2 copies

The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species 2 copies

The Waves 2 copies

The Litigatrix 2 copies

The Gods Will Not Be Chained {short story} 2 copies

Uncanny Magazine Issue 37: November/December 2020 (English Edition) 1 copy

紙の動物園 (ケン・リュウ短篇傑作集1) (2017) 1 copy

Call Girl 1 copy

Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse 1 copy

Storie dal domani 2: I migliori racconti Future Fiction 2015 (2017) 1 copy

The Flower of Shazui 1 copy

Laozi's Dao De Jing: A Plain Translation 1 copy

Uma [short fiction] 1 copy

Il muro di tempeste. Dinastia del dente di leone (Vol. 2) (2021) 1 copy

母の記憶に (新☆ハヤカワ・SF・シリーズ) 1 copy

Summer Reading 1 copy

50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know [short fiction] 1 copy

White Hempen Sleeves {short story} 1 copy

天球の音楽 1 copy

折りたたみ北京現代中国SFアンソロジー 1 copy

Beast Within 4: Gears & Growls (2014) 1 copy

ISF - International Speculative Fiction # 2 1 copy

Idols 1 copy

La ménagerie de papiers 1 copy

"freestyle ; design graphique" (2009) 1 copy

GigaNotoSaurus - February 2012 issue (All The Flavors: A Tale of Guan Yu, the Chinese God of War, in America) 1 copy

The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI (2023) 1 copy

Carthaginian Rose 1 copy

Cutting {short story} 1 copy

Homo Floresiensis [short fiction] 1 copy

Beneath The Language 1 copy

Real Faces 1 copy

The Perfect Match 1 copy

Arc 1 copy

Nova Verba, Mundus Novus 1 copy

Before and After 1 copy

None Owns the Air 1 copy

The Box That Eats Memories [short story] 1 copy

The Last Seed [short story] 1 copy

Shanghai Interiors (2008) 1 copy

The Tides [short story] 1 copy

The Last Summer [short story] 1 copy

Mono No Aware: e altre storie traduzione di Francesco Verso [Italian original collection] 1 copy

Crystal [short story] 1 copy

A Chase Beyond the Storms {short story} 1 copy

The Long Haul, From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009 1 copy

Running Shoes 1 copy

Ecotones: Ecological Stories from the Border Between Fantasy and Science Fiction (2015) 1 copy

Gossamer 1 copy

The Museum of All Things Awesome and that Go Boom (2016) 1 copy

[No title] 1 copy

The Sith of Datawork {short story} 1 copy

The Gods Have Not Died in Vain {short story} 1 copy

The Weight of Memories 1 copy

Quality time {story} 1 copy

Byzantine Empathy {short story} 1 copy

Real Artists {short story} 1 copy

The Gods Will Not Be Slain {short story} 1 copy

Grey Rabbit, Crimson Mare, Coal Leopard {short story} 1 copy

The Moon Carver 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Three-Body Problem (2008) — Translator, some editions — 8,773 copies

Death's End (2010) — Translator, some editions — 2,888 copies

From a Certain Point of View: 40 Stories Celebrating 40 Years of Star Wars (2017) — Contributor — 824 copies

Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories (2011) — Contributor, some editions — 506 copies

Waste Tide (2013) — Translator, some editions — 318 copies

Vagabonds (2016) — Translator, some editions — 303 copies

The End Is Nigh (2014) — Contributor — 283 copies

The Book of Swords (2017) — Contributor — 270 copies

Press Start to Play (2015) — Contributor — 260 copies

The Redemption of Time (2018) — Translator, some editions — 241 copies

Year's Best SF 10 (2005) — Contributor — 230 copies

Robots vs Fairies (2018) — Contributor — 229 copies

Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold (2016) — Contributor — 221 copies

The Book of Dragons: An Anthology (2020) — Contributor — 220 copies

Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History (2014) — Contributor — 216 copies

Remembrance of Earth's Past: The Three-Body Trilogy (2008) — Translator, some editions — 185 copies

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction (2013) — Contributor — 183 copies

Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices (2021) — Contributor — 172 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection (2015) — Contributor — 171 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection (2014) — Contributor — 168 copies

The Future is Japanese (2012) — Contributor — 168 copies

Dead Man's Hand (2014) — Contributor — 159 copies

The End Is Now (2014) — Contributor — 154 copies

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014 Edition (2015) — Contributor — 153 copies

Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond (2013) — Contributor — 152 copies

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Seven (2013) — Author — 139 copies

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six (2012) — Contributor, some editions — 139 copies

Lightspeed: Year One (2011) — Contributor — 139 copies

Diverse Energies (2012) — Contributor — 137 copies

The End Has Come (2015) — Contributor — 133 copies

The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction (2019) — Contributor — 131 copies

Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction (2018) — Contributor — 128 copies

Year's Best SF 17 (2012) — Contributor — 128 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection (2017) — Contributor — 126 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 118 copies

Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (2014) — Contributor — 118 copies

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 (2020) — Contributor — 114 copies

The Long List Anthology: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (2015) — Contributor — 107 copies

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 2 (2017) — Contributor — 102 copies

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 (2016) — Contributor — 100 copies

The Other Half of the Sky (2013) — Contributor — 98 copies

Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore (2017) — Contributor — 96 copies

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 (2021) — Contributor — 94 copies

Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction (2016) — Translator — 94 copies

Year's Best SF 18 (2013) — Contributor — 93 copies

Warrior Women (2015) — Contributor — 91 copies

Wastelands: The New Apocalypse (2019) — Contributor — 90 copies

Unidentified Funny Objects (1880) — Contributor — 90 copies

The Apex Book of World SF 3 (2014) — Translator, some editions — 88 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020 (2020) — Contributor — 87 copies

Drowned Worlds (2016) — Contributor — 86 copies

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014 Edition (2014) — Contributor — 80 copies

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eleven (2017) — Contributor — 79 copies

Upgraded (2014) — Contributor — 78 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014 Edition (2014) — Author — 77 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 76 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2015 Edition (2015) — Contributor — 74 copies

War Stories: New Military Science Fiction (2014) — Contributor — 72 copies

Time Travel: Recent Trips (2014) — Contributor — 72 copies

Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology (2020) — Contributor — 70 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 68 copies

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2013 Edition (2013) — Contributor — 65 copies

Made To Order: Robots and Revolution (2020) — Contributor — 63 copies

The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures (2014) — Contributor — 62 copies

Bridging Infinity (1783) — Contributor — 62 copies

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine (2015) — Contributor — 62 copies

The Book of Witches: An Anthology (2023) — Contributor — 60 copies

The Final Frontier: Stories of Exploring Space, Colonizing the Universe, and First Contact (2018) — Contributor — 58 copies

Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends (2019) — Contributor — 57 copies

Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth (2018) — Contributor — 57 copies

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume XIX (2003) — Contributor — 55 copies

The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story (2021) — Contributor — 55 copies

Uncanny Magazine Issue 2: January/February 2015 (2015) — Translator — 54 copies

Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1 (2016) — Contributor — 52 copies

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Thirteen (2019) — Contributor — 52 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 51 copies

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 (2019) — Contributor — 51 copies

More Human Than Human: Stories of Androids, Robots, and Manufactured Humanity (2017) — Contributor — 50 copies

Steampunk World (2014) — Contributor — 47 copies

The Long List Anthology Volume 3: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (2017) — Translator — 46 copies

Twelve Tomorrows (2018) — Contributor — 44 copies

The Weight of Memories (2016) — Translator, some editions — 44 copies

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2016 Edition (2016) — Author — 44 copies

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 (2021) — Contributor — 43 copies

The Reincarnated Giant: An Anthology of Twenty-First-Century Chinese Science Fiction (2018) — Translator — 42 copies

Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place (2016) — Contributor — 41 copies

Solaris Rising 3: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction (2014) — Contributor — 40 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2017 (2017) — Contributor — 39 copies

The Maiden Thief (2016) — Translator, some editions — 39 copies

Clarkesworld: Year Six (2014) — Contributor — 39 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 100 (January 2015) (2015) — Contributor — 38 copies

Aliens: Recent Encounters (2013) — Contributor — 38 copies

Robots: The Recent A.I. (2012) — Contributor — 34 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 27 • August 2012 (2012) — Contributor — 34 copies

Empire of Dreams and Miracles: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology (v. 1) (2002) — Contributor — 34 copies

Thoughtcrime Experiments: Nine Stories (2009) — Contributor — 33 copies

A Summer Beyond Your Reach: Stories (2020) — Introduction; Translator — 32 copies

Folding Beijing (2017) — Translator, some editions — 31 copies

Unidentified Funny Objects 2 (2013) — Contributor — 31 copies

Isolation: The horror anthology (2022) — Contributor — 31 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2016 (2016) — Translator — 31 copies

Entanglements : tomorrow's lovers, families, and friends (2020) — Translator — 30 copies

The Long List Anthology Volume 7: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (2022) — Contributor — 29 copies

The Book of Apex: Volume 4 of Apex Magazine (2013) — Contributor — 29 copies

Uncanny Magazine Issue 1: November/December 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 27 copies

The Big Book of Cyberpunk (2023) — Contributor — 27 copies

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume One (2020) — Contributor — 27 copies

Polyphony 4 (2004) — Contributor — 26 copies

A Dying Planet Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2020) — Contributor — 25 copies

Make Shift: Dispatches from the Post-Pandemic Future (2021) — Contributor — 25 copies

Alt.History 101 (2015) — Contributor — 24 copies

We, Robots (2010) — Contributor — 23 copies

Multiverses: An anthology of alternate realities (2023) — Contributor — 21 copies

Love, Death + Robots: The Official Anthology, Volume 1 (2021) — Contributor — 21 copies

TRSF (2011) — Contributor — 21 copies

Uncanny Magazine Issue 13: November/December 2016 (2016) — Translator — 21 copies

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 7 (2023) — Contributor — 20 copies

Sunspot Jungle: Volume Two: The Ever Expanding Universe of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2) (2018) — Contributor — 20 copies

Futures & Fantasies (2018) — Contributor — 20 copies

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January/February 2012, Vol. 122, No. 1 & 2 (2012) — Contributor — 19 copies

Coffee: 14 Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic (2013) — Contributor — 19 copies

Unidentified Funny Objects 6 (2017) — Contributor — 18 copies

The Cackle of Cthulhu (2018) — Contributor — 18 copies

Oceans: The Anthology (2017) — Contributor — 18 copies

The Best of Galaxy's Edge 2013-2014 (2014) — Contributor, some editions; Contributor — 18 copies

Funny Science Fiction (2015) — Contributor — 18 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 37 • June 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 18 copies

Clarkesworld: Year Eight (2016) — Contributor — 18 copies

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October 2012, Vol. 123, Nos. 3 & 4 (2012) — Contributor — 17 copies

Clarkesworld: Year Five (2013) — Contributor — 17 copies

Philosophy through Science Fiction Stories: Exploring the Boundaries of the Possible (2021) — Contributor — 15 copies

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October 2019, Vol. 137, Nos. 3 & 4 (1991) 15 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 35, No. 12 [December 2011] (2011) — Contributor — 15 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 37, No. 4 & 5 [April/May 2013] (2013) — Contributor — 15 copies

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July/August 2012, Vol. 123, Nos. 1 & 2 (2012) — Contributor, some editions — 15 copies

Heiresses of Russ 2015: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction (2015) — Contributor — 15 copies

Humanity 2.0 (2016) — Contributor — 15 copies

Fish (2012) — Contributor — 14 copies

The Best of Electric Velocipede (2014) — Contributor — 14 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 096 (September 2014) (2014) — Translator — 14 copies

Avatars Inc (2020) — Contributor — 13 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 115 (April 2016) (2016) — Translator — 13 copies

The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories (2017) — Contributor — 13 copies

In Situ (2012) — Contributor — 12 copies

How to Live on Other Planets: A Handbook for Aspiring Aliens (2015) — Contributor — 12 copies

Deserts of Fire: Speculative Fiction and the Modern War (2016) — Contributor — 12 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 36, No. 2 [February 2012] (2012) — Contributor — 12 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 112 (January 2016) (2016) — Translator — 11 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 110 (November 2015) (2015) — Translator, some editions — 11 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 108 (September 2015) (2015) — Translator — 11 copies

Galaxy's Edge Magazine Issue 2, May 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 11 copies

Terra nova : antología de ciencia ficción contemporánea (2012) — Contributor — 10 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 45 • February 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 10 copies

Arterial Bloom (2020) — Contributor — 10 copies

GlitterShip Year One (2017) — Contributor — 9 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 51 • August 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 9 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 100 • September 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 9 copies

Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2013 (2014) — Contributor — 9 copies

The Doomsday Chronicles (2016) — Contributor — 9 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 64 • September 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 9 copies

Asian Monsters: Volume 3 (Fox Spirit Books of Monsters) (2016) — Contributor — 9 copies

Relics, Wrecks and Ruins (2021) — Contributor — 9 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 9 • February 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 8 copies

The Cyborg Chronicles (2015) — Contributor — 8 copies

Clarkesworld Year Nine: Volume One (2018) — Contributor — 8 copies

A la deriva en el mar de las lluvias y otros relatos (2015) — Contributor — 8 copies

Uncanny Magazine Issue 37: November/December 2020 (2020) — Contributor — 8 copies

Mythic Delirium (Volume 1) (2014) — Contributor — 8 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 061 (October 2011) (2011) — Contributor — 7 copies

Bifrost n°75 : Poul Anderson (2014) — Contributor — 7 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 113 • October 2019 (2019) — Contributor — 7 copies

Nature Futures 2: Science Fiction from the Leading Science Journal (2013) — Contributor — 7 copies

Apex Magazine 47 (April 2013) (2013) — Contributor — 6 copies

Jali: The Short Story Collection: 6 Original Sci Fi Short Stories (2018) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Other Animals (2019) — Contributor — 6 copies

Terra Nova vol. 3: Antología de ciencia ficción contemporánea (2014) — Contributor — 6 copies

Terra Nova vol. 2: Antología de ciencia ficción contemporánea (Spanish Edition) (2013) — Contributor — 6 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 114 (November 2019) (2019) — Contributor — 6 copies

Bifrost n°80: Dossier Stephen King (2015) — Contributor — 6 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 96 • May 2018 (2018) — Translator — 5 copies

Everyone: Worlds Without Walls (2017) — Contributor — 5 copies

Faraway: Fairy Tales for the Here and Now — Contributor — 5 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 94 • March 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 5 copies

ISF 2012 Annual Anthology (2013) — Author — 5 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 109 (June 2019) (2019) — Contributor — 5 copies

Bifrost n°85 - Spécial Thierry Di Rollo (2017) — Contributor — 5 copies

Remembrance of Earth's Past: Tetralogy (2018) — Translator, some editions — 5 copies

Apex Magazine 55 (December 2013) (2013) — Contributor — 4 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 133 (October 2017) (2017) — Translator — 4 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 103 • December 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 4 copies

Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse (2014) — Contributor — 4 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 95 • April 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 4 copies

Panverse Three (2011) — Contributor — 4 copies

Futuredaze²: Reprise (2014) — Contributor — 4 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 143 (August 2018) (2018) — Translator — 3 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 126 (March 2017) (2017) — Translator — 3 copies

The Anderson Project (2014) — Contributor — 3 copies

Lightspeed Magazine 2012 Sampler (2012) — Contributor — 3 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 130 (March 2021) (2021) — Contributor — 3 copies

Tor.com Short Fiction: Sept/Oct 2023 — Contributor — 2 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 140 (May 2018) (2018) — Translator — 2 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 052 (January 2011) (2010) — Author — 2 copies

The Gamer Chronicles (2019) — Contributor — 2 copies

The Circle {short story} — Translator, some editions — 1 copy

Daily Science Fiction: August 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 1 copy

Forever Magazine Issue 26 — Contributor — 1 copy

Deep Signal - The Illustrated Anthology (2019) — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy

Daily Science Fiction: January 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 1 copy

Daily Science Fiction: October 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 1 copy

Daily Science Fiction: June 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 1 copy

Daily Science Fiction: November 2012 (2012) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: 刘宇昆
Other names: Liu, Ken
Birthdate: 1976
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Lanzhou, China
Places of residence: Palo Alto, California, USA
Waterford, Connecticut, USA
Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
Education: Harvard College (BA, English)
Harvard Law School
Occupations: programmer
corporate lawyer
litigation consultant
writer
translator
Agent: Joe Monti (Barry Goldblatt Literary Agency)

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Reviews

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

Ken Lie has a brilliant approach to weaving together history and realism with fantastical/speculative fiction elements, drawing it all into poignant and deeply emotional relief.

It took me a long time to read this anthology, largely because the stories are very good . . . and sometimes, so painful and heavy and immediate that upon finishing I needed to set the book aside and take some time. Both to process the story and to give myself a little emotional space to breathe.… (more)

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Kalira | 69 other reviews | May 13, 2024 |

Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu

I seem to be having a bit of an Asian theme this year - Chinese sci-fi and Japan historical fiction. I don't usually read many short stories but these were mostly excellent. The final story in particular "The man who ended history" will stay with me.

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infjsarah | 69 other reviews | Apr 24, 2024 |

The paper menagerie and other stories by Ken Liu

3.5 Stars - for the short The Bookmaking Secrets of Select Species

I wouldn’t necessarily say this is an actual story, but the way Liu describes these species and how they communicate and pass on their culture is impressive. Such detailed originality needs to be acknowledged and appreciated. It’s a testament to sentience, where one wants to leave their indelible mark to forever remember and be remembered.

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A_Reader_Obsessed | 69 other reviews | Apr 21, 2024 |