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About Ken Liu
American science fiction and fantasy author
Kenneth Yukun Liu is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards for his fiction, and 104 quotes are on the site under his name. His short fiction has appeared in a wide range of magazines and anthologies, including F&SF, Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Reactor, Uncanny Magazine, and several Year's Best collections. His work is closely associated with speculative fiction in magazine and anthology form.
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- “I'm very interested in foundational narratives.”Ken Liu
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- “If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.”Kelly Ayotte
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Explore Knowledge
- “The work of popular education, the temperance movement, the peace movement, are to a great extent carried on…”Ellen Key
- “... freedom is the knowledge of necessity and there is no wealth but life. When you understand that you under…”Olivia Manning
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Books by Ken Liu
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
2016
The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty)
2015
Hidden Girl and Other Stories
2020