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The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories

by Ken Liu ...

The long-awaited next collection by the master of short stories and author of the award-winning Paper Menagerie and Other Stories.Thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and wonderous are some of the many ways the thirteen stories in this collection will engage readers. Ken Liu continues to delight and challenge your perceptions as one of the most accomplished and lauded American short story writers of ... Read more

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The long-awaited next collection by the master of short stories and author of the award-winning Paper Menagerie and Other Stories.Thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and wonderous are some of the many ways the thirteen stories in this collection will engage readers. Ken Liu continues to delight and challenge your perceptions as one of the most accomplished and lauded American short story writers of
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The Grace of Kings

by Ken Liu ...

Series series The Dandelion Dynasty
One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All TimeTwo men rebel together against tyranny—and then become rivals—in this first sweeping book of an epic fantasy series from Ken Liu, recipient of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards. Hailed as one of the best books of 2015 by NPR.Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites ... Read more

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One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All TimeTwo men rebel together against tyranny—and then become rivals—in this first sweeping book of an epic fantasy series from Ken Liu, recipient of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards. Hailed as one of the best books of 2015 by NPR.Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites
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The long-awaited next collection by the master of short stories and author of the award-winning Paper Menagerie and Other Stories.Thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and wonderous are some of the many ways the thirteen stories in this collection will engage readers. Ken Liu continues to delight and challenge your perceptions as one of the most accomplished and lauded American short story writers of ... Read more

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The long-awaited next collection by the master of short stories and author of the award-winning Paper Menagerie and Other Stories.Thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and wonderous are some of the many ways the thirteen stories in this collection will engage readers. Ken Liu continues to delight and challenge your perceptions as one of the most accomplished and lauded American short story writers of
... Read more

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Uncanny Magazine Issue 50

January/February 2023

by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Neil Gaiman, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Liu, Annalee Newitz, P. Djèlí Clark, Marie Brennan, Caroline M. Yoachim, Sarah Pinsker ...

The January/February 2023 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Our landmark Issue 50, a double sized issue! Featuring new fiction by Ken Liu and Caroline M. Yoachim, Mary Robinette Kowal, P. Djèlí Clark, A. T. Greenblatt, A.M. Dellamonica, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Sarah Pinsker, E. Lily Yu, Marie Brennan, Christopher Caldwell, John Wiswell, and Maureen Mchugh. Essays by Elsa Sjunneson, John ... Read more

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The January/February 2023 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Our landmark Issue 50, a double sized issue! Featuring new fiction by Ken Liu and Caroline M. Yoachim, Mary Robinette Kowal, P. Djèlí Clark, A. T. Greenblatt, A.M. Dellamonica, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Sarah Pinsker, E. Lily Yu, Marie Brennan, Christopher Caldwell, John Wiswell, and Maureen Mchugh. Essays by Elsa Sjunneson, John
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The Long List Anthology

More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List

by Ken Liu, Annie Bellet, David Steffen ...

Series Book 1 - Long List Anthology Series
The Hugo Award is one of the most prestigious speculative fiction literary awards. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much ... Read more

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The Hugo Award is one of the most prestigious speculative fiction literary awards. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much
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The Veiled Throne

by Ken Liu ...

Series series The Dandelion Dynasty
With the invasion of Dara complete, and the Wall of Storms breached, the world has opened to new possibilities for the gods and peoples of both empires as the sweeping saga of the award-winning Dandelion Dynasty continues in this third book of the “magnificent fantasy epic” (NPR).Princess Théra, once known as Empress Üna of Dara, entrusted the throne to her younger brother in order to journey to ... Read more

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With the invasion of Dara complete, and the Wall of Storms breached, the world has opened to new possibilities for the gods and peoples of both empires as the sweeping saga of the award-winning Dandelion Dynasty continues in this third book of the “magnificent fantasy epic” (NPR).Princess Théra, once known as Empress Üna of Dara, entrusted the throne to her younger brother in order to journey to
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Funny Science Fiction

by Alex Shvartsman, Mike Resnick, Ken Liu, Cat Rambo, Lavie Tidhar, Tim Pratt, Sarah Pinsker, Lawrence M. Schoen, Shaenon K. Garrity ...

Series series Unidentified Funny Objects
Seventeen of the funniest science fiction stories published in the past decade (2005-2015), featuring alien invasions, global conspiracies, time travel, and even animal uprisings. Fiction by Hugo and Nebula award winners and nominees as well as talented newcomers. Stories were selected by the Unidentified Funny Objects series curator Alex Shvartsman. ... Read more

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Seventeen of the funniest science fiction stories published in the past decade (2005-2015), featuring alien invasions, global conspiracies, time travel, and even animal uprisings. Fiction by Hugo and Nebula award winners and nominees as well as talented newcomers. Stories were selected by the Unidentified Funny Objects series curator Alex Shvartsman.
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Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 2

by John Jennings, Nick Harkaway, Ken Liu, Nalo Hopkinson, Tananarive Due, Max Gladstone, Nisi Shawl, Carmen Maria Machado, Tobias S. Buckell, Karen Lord ...

In celebration of Rosarium's fifth anniversary, publisher Bill Campbell has compiled a two-volume collection of over 100 science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories from around the world. Like space and the future, Sunspot Jungle has no boundaries and celebrates the wide varieties and possibilities this genre represents, with some of the most notable names in the field. Featuring the works ... Read more

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In celebration of Rosarium's fifth anniversary, publisher Bill Campbell has compiled a two-volume collection of over 100 science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories from around the world. Like space and the future, Sunspot Jungle has no boundaries and celebrates the wide varieties and possibilities this genre represents, with some of the most notable names in the field. Featuring the works
... Read more
Laozi's Dao De Jing

A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time

by Laozi, Ken Liu ...

A fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics—the foundational work of Daoism—by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text.Laozi’s Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized ... Read more

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A fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics—the foundational work of Daoism—by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text.Laozi’s Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized
... Read more
The Long List Anthology Volume 7

More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List

by David Steffen, Ken Liu, Martha Wells, Elizabeth Bear, Arkady Martine, A.C. Wise, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Sameem Siddiqui, John Wiswell, Jason Sanford, Rebecca Fraimow, Cora Buhlert, Carrie Vaughn, Caitlin Starling, Alix E. Harrow, Lauren Ring, Arula Ratnakar, Catherynne M. Valente, Maureen McHugh, Rebecca Campbell, Usman T. Malik, Charlie Jane Anders, Neon Yang, Nadia Afifi, Carolyn Ives Gilman ...

Series Book 7 - The Long List Anthology Series
This is the seventh annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the selected year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to reach more readers.The Long List Anthology volume 7 collects 24 ... Read more

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This is the seventh annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the selected year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to reach more readers.The Long List Anthology volume 7 collects 24
... Read more
The Digital Aesthete

Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI

by Alex Shvartsman, Ken Liu, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Jane Espenson, Ray Nayler, Marina and Sergey Dyachenko ...

Today’s software can only imitate art, but what about tomorrow?Will true artificial intelligences be able to appreciate or even create art? Explore dystopian societies, where AI generates most of the content and human artists must eke out an existence, and utopias, where artificial minds help unlock and enhance human creativity.Delve into the minds of robot painters, AI poets, drone forgers, and ... Read more

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Today’s software can only imitate art, but what about tomorrow?Will true artificial intelligences be able to appreciate or even create art? Explore dystopian societies, where AI generates most of the content and human artists must eke out an existence, and utopias, where artificial minds help unlock and enhance human creativity.Delve into the minds of robot painters, AI poets, drone forgers, and
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OCEANS: The Anthology

by Ken Liu, Daniel Arthur Smith, Alex Shvartsman, Nathan M. Beauchamp, S. Elliot Brandis, Hank Garner, R.D. Brady, Will Swardstrom, Rysa Walker, Caroline M. Yoachim, P.K. Tyler, Joshua Ingle ...

Series Book 2 - Frontiers of Speculative Fiction
“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears.We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came.”- John F. KennedyUnderwater cities, lost ... Read more

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“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears.We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came.”- John F. KennedyUnderwater cities, lost
... Read more

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