The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
From the title story's fantastical inter-dimensional assassins to the steampunk dystopia of Grey Rabbit, Crimson Mare, Coal Leopard burrowing through the ruins of a civilisation destroyed by a plague, from Black Mirror-esque tales of blockchain cryptography (Byzantine Empathy) and Internet trolling (Thoughts and Prayers) to a three-story hard-SF arc about artificial intelligence and the singularity (The Gods Will Not Be Chained, The Gods Will Not Be Slain and The Gods Have Not Died In Vain), 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,…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-83893-207-7
- EAN: 9781838932077
- Produktnummer: 33440065
- Verlag: Head of Zeus
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'239 KB
Über den Autor
Ken Liu is an award-winning American author of speculative fiction. His collection, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, has been published in more than a dozen languages. Liu's other works include The Grace of Kings, The Wall of Storms, and Star Wars tie-in The Legends of Luke Skywalker, and a second collection The Hidden Girl and Other Stories. He has been involved in multiple media adaptations of his work including the short story 'Good Hunting', adapted as an episode in Netflix's animated series Love, Death + Robots; and AMC's Pantheon, adapted from an interconnected series of short stories. 'The Hidden Girl', 'The Message', and The Grace of Kings have also been optioned for development. Liu previously worked as a software engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. He frequently speaks at conferences and universities on topics including futurism, cryptocurrency, the mathematics of origami, and others. Liu lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.
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