The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken…

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (original 2016; edition 2016)

by Ken Liu (Author)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Short Stories. HTML:Featured in the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his multiple award-winning stories for a groundbreaking collection�??including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume. /> With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories. This mesmerizing collection features many of Ken's award-winning and award-finalist stories, including: "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary" (Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards), "Mono No Aware" (Hugo Award winner), "The Waves" (Nebula Award finalist), "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species" (Nebula and Sturgeon Award finalists), "All the Flavors" (Nebula Award finalist), "The Litigation Master and the Monkey King" (Nebula Award finalist), and the most awarded story in the genre's history, "The Paper Menagerie" (The only story to win the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards). Insightful and stunning stories that plumb the struggle against history and betrayal of relationships in pivotal moments, this collection showcases one of our greatest and original voic… (more)

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Listened on audio. An excellent collection of sci-fi and near scifi stories. Many award winning and award nominated. Including the title story; which won the Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. Good Hunting, a story that mixes Chinese mythology with modern times was adapted in Netflix's Love, Death and Robots animated series. (

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mahsdad | May 25, 2024 |

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. (

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Kalira | May 13, 2024 |

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 | Apr 24, 2024 |

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 | Apr 21, 2024 |

My favourite was Good Hunting. I loved how Liu infused the romance of Chinese mythology with the shiny sleekness of steampunk future. The themes were done so well, even if the plot itself felt too intentionally geared towards specifically exploring these themes. I think it's just my own bias against science fiction and the extra unnaturalness I feel about having to learn the rules of a new world. Anyway, I haven't been able to stop thinking about 狐狸精 which funnily enough is the point! Paper Menagerie was obviously also a stand out, and great for anyone who regrets being a sullen teen mistreating their mother and wants to have a good cry! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Ken Liu	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Khanna, Rajan	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Yoshimi-dori, Furusawa	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species by Ken Liu

The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary by Ken Liu

Mono no Aware [short story] by Ken Liu

The Paper Menagerie {short story} by Ken Liu

Simulacrum by Ken Liu

All The Flavors by Ken Liu

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Goodreads Choice Awards (Nominee – Fantasy – 2016)

io9 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Year (2016)

Locus Award (Winner – Collection – 2017)

Locus Award (Finalist – Collection – 2017)

World Fantasy Award (Nominee – Collection – 2017)

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NPR: Books We Love (2016)

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King County Library System Best Books (Fiction Books – 2016)

San Diego Public Library Recommended Books (2016)

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I started my career as a short story writer. Although I now longer write dozens of short-stories every year since shifting most of my creative efforts to long-form fiction, short fiction still holds a special place in my heart. -Prologue

There is no definitive census of all the intelligent species in the universe. Not only are there perennial arguments about what qualifies as intelligence. but each moment and everywhere, civilizations rise and fall, much as the stars a born and die. -The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species

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Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Short Stories. HTML:Featured in the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots

Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his multiple award-winning stories for a groundbreaking collection�??including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume.
With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories. This mesmerizing collection features many of Ken's award-winning and award-finalist stories, including: "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary" (Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards), "Mono No Aware" (Hugo Award winner), "The Waves" (Nebula Award finalist), "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species" (Nebula and Sturgeon Award finalists), "All the Flavors" (Nebula Award finalist), "The Litigation Master and the Monkey King" (Nebula Award finalist), and the most awarded story in the genre's history, "The Paper Menagerie" (The only story to win the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards).

Insightful and stunning stories that plumb the struggle against history and betrayal of relationships in pivotal moments, this collection showcases one of our greatest and original voic

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A selection of the short stories of Ken Liu, including "The Paper Menagerie," the first work of fiction, of any length, to win the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards.

Contents:
The bookmaking habits of select species
State change
The perfect match
Good hunting
The literomancer
Simulacrum
The paper menagerie
An advanced readers picture book of comparative cognition
The waves
Mono no aware
All the flavors
A brief history of the trans-pacific tunnel
The litigation master and the monkey king
The man who ended history: a documentary.

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