Hardcover, 432 pages
English language
Published May 1, 2021 by Saga Press.
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
by Ken Liu
4 stars
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From inter-dimensional assassins to a steampunk dystopia destroyed by plague, from Black Mirror-esque tales of blockchain cryptography and internet trolling to artificial intelligence and the singularity, here are 17 interlinking visions that explore what it is to be human, and what it is like to abandon or transcend that.
This collection confirms Ken Liu, author of the astonishing and multi-award-winning The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, as one of speculative fiction's greatest short story writers.
Contents: - Ghost Days (2013) - Maxwell's Demon (2012) - The Reborn (2014) - Thoughts and Prayers (2019) - Byzantine Empathy (2018) - The Gods Will Not Be Chained (2014) - Staying Behind (2011) - Real Artists (2011) - The Gods Will Not Be Slain (2014) - Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer (2011) - The Gods Have Not Died in Vain (2015) - Memories of My Mother (2012) - Dispatches from the Cradle: The …
From inter-dimensional assassins to a steampunk dystopia destroyed by plague, from Black Mirror-esque tales of blockchain cryptography and internet trolling to artificial intelligence and the singularity, here are 17 interlinking visions that explore what it is to be human, and what it is like to abandon or transcend that.
This collection confirms Ken Liu, author of the astonishing and multi-award-winning The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, as one of speculative fiction's greatest short story writers.
Contents: - Ghost Days (2013) - Maxwell's Demon (2012) - The Reborn (2014) - Thoughts and Prayers (2019) - Byzantine Empathy (2018) - The Gods Will Not Be Chained (2014) - Staying Behind (2011) - Real Artists (2011) - The Gods Will Not Be Slain (2014) - Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer (2011) - The Gods Have Not Died in Vain (2015) - Memories of My Mother (2012) - Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit - Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts (2016) - Grey Rabbit, Crimson Mare, Coal Leopard (2020) - A Chase Beyond the Storms: An excerpt from "The Veiled Throne", Book 3 of the Dandelion Dynasty - The Hidden Girl (2017) - Seven Birthdays (2016) - The Message (2012) - Cutting (2012)
