The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu

The Paper Menagerie

by Ken Liu

Ken Liu is one of the most original, thought-provoking and award-winning short-story writers of his generation. This is the first collection of his work – sixteen stories that invoke the magical within the mundane, by turns profound, beguiling and heartbreaking.

Included here are: The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary (Finalist for Hugo, Nebula, and 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 ever to win the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards).

Reviewed by ross91 on

4 of 5 stars

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I don't usually read short stories collections, but this one was recommended by so many people... I had to pick it up!
Some of the stories were ok, some were great, some a little boring and some AMAZING, especially the one that gives this collection its title.
I'm happy to have finally read something by this author, I'm patiently waiting for his Dandelion Series to be over, so I can start reading it as well

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