New Releases by ken Liu

Ken Liu, author of the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories—his second short story collection and the basis of the groundbreaking anime Pantheon—returns with a bold new anthology. Thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and wonderous are some of the many ways the tales in this collection will engage readers, from the titular story about a painter who fears she’s failing as an artist to the twelve other examples of captivating science fiction. Ken Liu continues to delight and challenge your perceptions as one of the most accomplished and lauded American short story writers of our time.

From Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award–winning author Ken Liu, the first in a high-stakes sci-fi thriller series following an infamous hacker as she attempts to unravel a virtual reality mystery in the near future. Julia Z, a young woman who gained notoriety at 14 as the “orphan hacker,” is trying to live a life of digital obscurity in a Boston suburb. But when a lawyer named Piers barges into her life after his famous artist wife, Elli, was kidnapped by dangerous criminals, Julia decides she must help Piers and Elli. Nor step away from the challenge of this digital puzzle. Elli is an onierofex, a dream artist, who can weave the dreams of an audience together through a shared virtual landscape, live, in a concert-like experience by tapping into each attendee’s waking dream and providing an emotionally resonant and narrative experience. While attendees’ dreams are anonymous, Julia discovers that Elli was also providing a one-on-one dream experience for the head of an international criminal enterprise, and he’s demanding his dreams in return for Elli. Unraveling the real and unreal will lead Julia on an adventure that will take her across the country and deep into the shadows of her psyche in this fresh “marvel from a perennially innovative author” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

As humanity moves to the stars, a young woman attempts to preserve the magical forest she fell in love with as a child. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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 ideology over experience. By speaking out against the cleverness of elites and the arrogance of the learned, Laozi upheld the wisdom of the concrete, the humble, the quotidian, the everyday individual dismissed by the great powers of the world. Earthy, playful, and defiant, Laozi’s words gave solace to souls back then, and offer comfort today. Now, this beautifully designed new edition serves as both an accessible new translation of an ancient Chinese classic and a fascinating account of renowned novelist Ken Liu’s transformative experience while wrestling with the classic text. Throughout this translation, Liu takes us through his own struggles to capture the meaning in Laozi’s text in a series of thoughtful and provocative interstitial entries. Unlike traditional notes that purport to be objective, these entries are explicitly personal and unapologetically subjective. Gradually, as Liu learns that true wisdom cannot be pinned down in words, the notes grow sparser until they fade away entirely. His journey suggests the only way out of struggle is to engage with texts that have survived the millennia, wrestling with ideas that gesture at something eternal, in hopes that we might eventually reach that moment of transcendent joy. Liu’s translation, by eschewing cleverness, paradoxically reveals the slipperiness of Laozi’s original. The Dao De Jing has been translated countless times and will be translated countless times in the future. In that constant change and flow, we finally find our home in Dao, the eternal principle that allows us, finite beings in time and space, to reckon and reconcile with the infinite.

A ambos lados del Muro de las Tormentas, dos imperios se enfrentan a un torbellino que amenaza destruirlos. En Ukyu-Gondé, la princesa Théra, con la traición al acecho, es perseguida por un continente más vasto de lo nunca imaginó hasta los túmulos de la Ciudad de los Fantasmas, los icebergs en el lejano norte y los valles ocultos de las Montañas del Fin del Mundo. Théra cruzó el Muro de las Tormentas para llevar la guerra a las tierras Lyucu, pero ¿cómo se conquista lo inconquistable? Mientras, en Dara, la emperatriz Jia, el príncipe Phyro y Pékyu Tanvanaki se ven abocados a seguir caminos que nunca habrían elegido. Y descubrirán que hay poca diferencia entre la locura de los tiranos y la gracia de los reyes. Continuación de "El trono velado", "Huesos que hablan" es la épica conclusión a una de las grandes series de fantasía de todos los tiempos.

A remote village is determined to keep their robot teacher from being fired. A poetry-loving AI controls the wastewater treatment facility, but a series of malfunctions are beginning to cause concern. The biggest pop idol of the twenty-second century is trapped on Enceladus, and deeply alone. Latchko can talk to the banned AIs and now that his secret is out things are about to get complicated. A former child soldier is raised by a plant-like species but struggles to understand them. Ice fishing on Europa just keeps turning up rocks and things just got worse ... something is changing the world, making it better, but for whom? Short fiction is the heart of science fiction, introducing new voices, experimenting with ideas and technique, and paving the way for the future of the field. Thousands of stories are published every year in the many genre magazines, anthologies, collections, podcasts, and websites, as well as other less common venues. Each year, Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning editor Neil Clarke sifts through the myriad of offerings to select works that represent the best and the brightest, report on the state of the field, and recommend additional stories for further reading. In this volume, covering 2021, you''ll find works by Aliette de Bodard, Meg Elison, Rich Larson, Ken Liu, Ray Nayler, Suzanne Palmer, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Karl Schroeder, Vandana Singh, Tade Thompson, and many more.

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 electronic theater curators. These and other possible futures are imagined by award-winning and bestselling human authors from the USA, UK, China, Ukraine, Chile, Japan, Madagascar, Brazil, Czech Republic, and Sri Lanka. "In this impressive collection, a star-studded lineup of 17 authors assembled by Shvartsman (Kakistocracy) raise angst-ridden questions about human-AI collaboration. ... This smart, kaleidoscopic view into the digital future will have readers longing to log off." - Publishers Weekly

La princesa Théra deja el trono en manos de su hermano pequeño para luchar contra los lyucu en Ukyu-Gondé. Ha cruzado el legendario Muro de las Tormentas con una flota de guerra y diez mil combatientes. En Dara, mientras tanto, las corrientes de poder fluctúan al vaivén de las rivalidades de los líderes lyucu y la corte del Diente de León. Aquí, padres e hijos, maestros y discípulos, emperatriz y pékyu, alimentan las semillas de planes que tardarán años en germinar. En todas partes, el espíritu de la innovación flota en el ambiente como semillas de diente de león y el pueblo, los olvidados y los ignorados empiezan a ingeniar soluciones para una nueva era. En la tradición de las grandes epopeyas de nuestra historia, Ken Liu construye en esta saga una historia de formidable alcance y magnitud.

Depois de destruir o mundo milhares de vezes e hipotetizar utopias bizarras e tiranias tecnocráticas, a ficção científica surge com um pequeno núcleo de histórias solarpunk: explorando sustentabilidade ambiental, criticando o capitalismo predatório, imaginando possibilidades de uso de recursos renováveis e inclusão radical. Os protagonistas dessas histórias não desistem da luta para se reapropriar de espaços abandonados pelo capitalismo, mas enfrentam o conflito em nome de uma necessidade humana, de um princípio partilhado por comunidades que querem imaginar um mundo mais integrado às forças naturais – e também mais gentil. • Ken Liu usa seu conto para examinar um dos maiores debates atuais: e se as tecnologias de realidade virtual e blockchain pudessem ser usadas para reprojetar a ajuda humanitária em tempos de crise? • Ana Rüsche narra uma história em uma São Paulo alternativa, quando Nina sai de casa durante um furacão e descobre mais sobre as forças da natureza do que gostaria. • Renan Bernardo explora a solidão através da amizade entre uma pessoa e uma androide, sua única companheira, que está prestes a ser desligada por falta de atualização. • T. P. Mira-Echeverría e Guillermo Echeverría escrevem sobre uma cidade pós-apocalíptica, Malos Aires, e um protagonista que sonha com a Cidade do Sol. Contando com treze histórias no total – de autores brasileiros, argentinos, estadunidenses, chineses, australianos, franceses e espanhóis – Como aprendi a amar o futuro nos faz pensar no amanhã e em como fazer as escolhas certas para chegar a um lugar melhor.

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 Picacio, Annalee Newitz, A.T. Greenblatt, Diana M. Pho, and Javier Grillo-Marxuach, poetry by Neil Gaiman, Terese Mason Pierre, Sonya Taaffe, Betsy Aoki, Theodora Goss, Ali Trota, Abu Bakr Sadiq, Elizabeth Bear, and Brandon O''Brien, interviews with Ken Liu and Caroline M. Yoachim by Tina Connolly; interviews with Eugenia Triantafyllou, E. Lily Yu, and Christopher Caldwell by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Galen Dara, and editorials by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Meg Elison. About Uncanny Magazine Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, & 2022 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Meg Elison, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

The battle continues in this silkpunk fantasy as science and destiny collide against the will of the gods in this final installment in the epic Dandelion Dynasty series from the “genius” (Elizabeth Bear, Hugo Awardu00ad–winning author of the Eternal Sky series) Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award–winning author Ken Liu. The concluding book of The Dandelion Dynasty begins immediately after the events of The Veiled Throne, in the middle of two wars on two lands among three people separated by an ocean yet held together by the invisible strands of love. Harried by Lyucu pursuers, Princess Théra and Pékyu Takval try to reestablish an ancestral dream even as their hearts grow in doubt. The people of Dara continue to struggle against the genocidal Lyucu as both nations vacillate between starkly contrasting visions for their futures. Even the gods cannot see through the Wall of Storms, for only mortal hearts can decide mortal fates. Award-winning author Ken Liu fulfills the covenants first laid out a decade ago in a series delving deep into the connection between national myths and national constitutions in this “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 Ukyu-Gondé to war with the Lyucu. She has crossed the fabled Wall of Storms with a fleet of advanced warships and ten thousand people...In Dara, the Lyucu leadership as well as the surviving Dandelion Court bristle with rivalries as currents of power surge and ebb and perspectives spin and shift"--

Xia Jia --- Liu Cixin --- Tang Fei --- Han Song --- Cheng Jingbo --- Baoshu --- Hao Jingfang ---Fei Dao --- Zhang Ran --- Anna Wu --- Ma Boyong --- Gu Shi --- Regina Kanyu Wang --- Chen Qiufan Después de "Planetas invisibles", Ken Liu presenta esta nueva antología que muestra la vitalidad y diversidad de la ciencia ficción que se escribe en China en estos momentos. Dieciséis historias de catorce autores (voces nuevas y autores establecidos), que evocan cada matiz del espectro emocional, y una gama amplia de formatos, desde la novela corta hasta cuentos ultracortos. Además de las que se pueden clasificar en subgéneros con los que están familiarizados los lectores occidentales, tales como ciencia ficción dura, cyberpunk, ciencia fantástica y space opera, esta antología también presenta historias con vínculos más profundos con la cultura china: historia alternativa china, viaje espacial chuanyue y sátira con alusiones históricas y contemporáneas. El volumen incluye asimismo tres ensayos sobre cuestiones relacionadas con la ciencia ficción china y la introducción de Ken Liu.

Includes stories featured in Pantheon—now an animated series on AMC+ “I know this is going to sound hyperbolic, but when I’m reading Ken Liu’s stories, I feel like I’m reading a once-in-a-generation talent. I’m in awe.” —Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author “Captivating.” —BuzzFeed “Extraordinary.” —The Washington Post “Brilliant.” —The Chicago Tribune With the release of The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Ken Liu’s short fiction has resonated with a generation of readers. From stories about time-traveling assassins, to Black Mirror-esque tales of cryptocurrency and internet trolling, to heartbreaking narratives of parent-child relationships, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories is a far-reaching work that explores topical themes from the present and a visionary look at humanity’s future. This collection includes a selection of Liu’s speculative fiction stories over the past five years—seventeen of his best—plus a new novelette. In addition, it also features an excerpt from The Veiled Throne, the third book in Liu’s epic fantasy series The Dandelion Dynasty. Stories include: Ghost Days; Maxwell''s Demon; The Reborn; Thoughts and Prayers; Byzantine Empathy; The Gods Will Not Be Chained; Staying Behind; Real Artists; The Gods Will Not Be Slain; Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer; The Gods Have Not Died in Vain; Memories of My Mother; Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit—Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts; Grey Rabbit, Crimson Mare, Coal Leopard; A Chase Beyond the Storms (an excerpt from The Veiled Throne, Book 3 of the Dandelion Dynasty); The Hidden Girl; Seven Birthdays; The Message; Cutting

Donc vous voulez que je vous parle d’Hayley. Non, j’ai l’habitude. Enfin, je devrais. On ne s’intéresse jamais qu’à ma sœur. C’était une journée sinistre et pluvieuse d’octobre ; l’air sentait les feuilles mortes. Les tupélos noirs qui bordaient le terrain de hockey sur gazon avaient rougi, comme une piste d’empreintes de pas sanglantes laissée par un géant. J’avais une interro de français et je devais prévoir une semaine de menus végans pour quatre personnes en cours de science de la consommation. Vers midi, Hayley m’a textée de Californie. Je sèche les cours. Q et moi on roule vers le festival là !!! Je l’ai ignorée. Elle adorait me taquiner avec les joies de la vie en fac. Je l’enviais, mais je refusais de lui donner la satisfaction de le montrer. Dans l’après-midi, maman m’a textée. Tu as des nouvelles d’Hayley ? Non. La loi du silence, entre sœurs, c’était sacré. Son petit ami resterait un secret. Si tu en as, appelle-moi de suite. J’ai rangé mon phone. Elle était du genre surprotecteur. Dès mon retour du hockey, j’ai compris qu’il y avait un loup. Dans l’allée était garée la voiture de ma mère qui ne sortait jamais si tôt du boulot. La télé était allumée au sous-sol. Maman la regardait, toute pâle. D’une voix étranglée, elle a dit : « La résidence universitaire m’a appelée. Hayley est partie à un festival de musique. Il y a eu une fusillade. » Ken Liu Pensées et prières

Sixteen "must read" short stories from China''s groundbreaking science fiction writers, edited and translated by award-winning author Ken Liu ( Booklist , starred review). In Hugo award-winner Liu Cixin''s ''Moonlight,'' a man is contacted by three future versions of himself, each trying to save their world from destruction. Hao Jingfang''s ''The New Year Train'' sees 1,500 passengers go missing on a train that vanishes into space. In the title story by Tang Fei, a young girl is shown how the stars can reveal the future. In addition, three essays explore the history and rise of Chinese science fiction publishing, contemporary Chinese fandom, and how the growing interest in Chinese SF has impacted writers who had long labored in obscurity. By turns dazzling, melancholy and thought-provoking, Broken Stars celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of SFF voices emerging from China. "Surprising, exciting, and engrossing." ―Tor.com Stories include: "Goodnight, Melancholy" by Xia Jia "The Snow of Jinyang" by Zhang Ran "Broken Stars" by Tang Fei "Submarines" by Han Song "Salinger and the Koreans" by Han Song "Under a Dangling Sky" by Cheng Jingbo "What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear" by Baoshu "The New Year Train" by Hao Jingfang "The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales" by Fei Dao "Moonlight" by Liu Cixin "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Laba Porridge" by Anna Wu "The First Emperor''s Games" by Ma Boyong "Reflection" by Gu Shi "The Brain Box" by Regina Kanyu Wang "Coming of the Light" by Chen Qiufan "A History of Future Illnesses" by Chen Qiufan

Mythe ou réalité historique ? Ken Liu nous raconte la légende du plus célèbre Jedi de la galaxie : Luke Skywalker. Alors qu''un navire cargo traverse la galaxie en direction de Canto Bight, l''équipe de bord échange des histoires sur le légendaire chevalier Jedi Luke Skywalker. Mais ces récits autour de cette figure emblématique et mystérieuse de la Rébellion, de ce fameux Luke Skywalker, sont-ils vrais, ou simplement de vastes épopées fabuleuses inventées, puis colportées et enrichies lors de leurs voyages d''un bout à l''autre de la galaxie ? Skywalker est-il vraiment un héros, un Jedi célèbre, ou un charlatan savamment élaboré ? Peut-être même était-ce un droïde ? Les matelots devront décider par eux-mêmes quand ils entendront Les Légendes de Luke Skywalker.

Una donna del tutto dedita alla carriera porta dentro un dolore insostenibile. È un ingegnere informatico dotato di talento, abnegazione e bisogno di riscatto. Nel giro di pochi anni le sue bambole intelligenti conquisteranno l’attenzione dei mass-media e del mercato, mentre i suoi studi diventeranno sempre più definiti, proficui e all’avanguardia. Ma tutto questo sarà sufficiente a farla convivere con il trauma?

As a cargo ship rockets across the galaxy to Canto Bight, the deckhands on board trade stories about legendary Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker. But are the stories of the iconic and mysterious Skywalker true, or merely tall tales passed from one corner of the galaxy to another? Is Skywalker really a famous Jedi hero, an elaborate charlatan, or even part droid? The deckhands will have to decide for themselves when they hear The Legends of Luke Skywalker. A collection of myths and tall-tales about the legendary Jedi Luke Skywalker, written by Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award-winning author Ken Liu.

The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary is a science fictional tale that examines a branch of science rarely encountered in genre fiction: historiography. How and why should our understanding of history change if eyewitness accounts by observers sent from the future are prioritized over contemporaneous documents? A finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Sturgeon awards, this story also won the Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Story in Spain. Ken Liu has called it the story he''s most proud of having written.

Trece visiones del futuro. Trece historias poderosas que dan una idea de la variedad de voces, temas y técnicas de los autores chinos de ciencia ficción: las hay inquietantes, irónicas, distópicas, emotivas... Algunas han recibido premios y elogios de la crítica, otras han aparecido seleccionadas en distintas antologías y otras son simplemente favoritas de Ken Liu. Completan la colección varios ensayos de los propios autores sobre la ciencia ficción china y la introducción de Ken Liu. Incluye "Entre los pliegues de Pekín", de Hao Jingfang, premio Hugo 2016, y tres relatos del premio Hugo 2015 Liu Cixin.

Fantascienza - romanzo breve (62 pagine) - Lo chiamavano l''Osservatore. Uccideva le escort d''alto livello, e ognuna di esse fruttava un bel gruzzolo. I soldi erano un incentivo, ma non erano il vero motivo per cui le uccideva. Finalista al Premio Nebula Ruth è un''investigatrice privata che si trova a indagare sull''omicidio di una squillo: il tipico caso sul quale la polizia non ha intenzione di sprecare tempo. Ruth, come i poliziotti, ha un impianto cerebrale che le consente di controllare le proprie emozioni. Ma nel tempo ha cominciato a usarlo come si usa una droga, per cancellarsi dalla testa gli orrori a cui ha assistito in passato. Ken Liu trasforma una classica storia di indagine con la sua inventiva, riempiendolo di stupefacenti trovate tecnologiche, credibili ma anche sorprendenti. Nato in Cina ed emigrato fin da piccolo negli Stati Uniti, Ken Liu è uno degli autori più interessanti nel piccolo ma vivace gruppo di scrittori fantastici cino americani. Più volte finalista e vincitore dei premi Hugo e Nebula, attinge spesso per le sue storie alla tradizione cinese, intessendola con elementi fantastici o fantascientifici. È anche traduttore dal cinese all''inglese. Tra i suoi racconti pubblicati in italia Il serraglio di carta (Robot), Mono No Aware (Future Fiction) e L''aria non appartiene a nessuno (prossima pubblicazione su Robot).

UFO2 is the second annual collection of humorous science fiction and fantasy short stories. Inside you''ll find: - A golem on an interstellar cruise ship - Dragon-taunting for fun and profit - Time travel gone really wrong - Cubicle farm wizardry - Alien behemoths in Central Park