Amazing - multiple stories in here were really moving.
5 stars
Amazing. Multiple stories in here were really moving.
Paperback, 464 pages
English language
Published Oct. 3, 2016 by Saga Press.
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
by Ken Liu
5 stars
(3 reviews)
A publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantasy tales 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. This mesmerizing collection features all 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).
A must-have for every science fiction and fantasy …
A publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantasy tales 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. This mesmerizing collection features all 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).
A must-have for every science fiction and fantasy fan, this beautiful book is an anthology to savor.
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5 stars
This collection of stories by Ken Liu is outstanding. These tales are written in a variety of styles, some affecting a nonfiction or documentary style, while others were written more like novels. Some contain fascinating folk tales, which relate to the main story. Also, these narratives vary greatly in length. I got into them all.
The Paper Menagerie is the stand-out, and I was not surprised to find that it won so many awards. I love the way that title takes on a double meaning as the title of this varied collection...I found Simulacrum, All the Flavors, A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel, and The Man Who Ended History to be especially memorable. The way Liu combined history and science fiction in this last story was especially thought-provoking, and also focused on a historical subject I was unaware of before.
For some reason, I do not read …
This collection of stories by Ken Liu is outstanding. These tales are written in a variety of styles, some affecting a nonfiction or documentary style, while others were written more like novels. Some contain fascinating folk tales, which relate to the main story. Also, these narratives vary greatly in length. I got into them all.
The Paper Menagerie is the stand-out, and I was not surprised to find that it won so many awards. I love the way that title takes on a double meaning as the title of this varied collection...I found Simulacrum, All the Flavors, A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel, and The Man Who Ended History to be especially memorable. The way Liu combined history and science fiction in this last story was especially thought-provoking, and also focused on a historical subject I was unaware of before.
For some reason, I do not read many short story collections...it would have been unfortunate to have missed this one. I'd recommend it to anyone.
