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The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

by Ken Liu · first published 2001

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A short speculative fiction collection with strong individual stories. It serves as an accessible entry point into science fiction and fantasy shorts, including its title story.

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Presents the author's selection of his best short stories, as well as a new piece. 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

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