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Number of Pages
480
Age Group
All
Language
English
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Book Summary
From the title storys 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, author of the astonishing and multi-award winning The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, as one of speculative fictions greatest short story writers. Contents include: Ghost Days, Maxwells 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 – FortyEight 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
Product Details
Author
Ken Liu
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Number of Pages
480
Language
English
ISBN
9781838932060
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
19.8 x 3.2 x 12.8 cm
AED 67.00