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Featured in the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots

Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his multiple award-winning stories for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume.

With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short…

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2 authors picked The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I’ll confess something to you, here and now, that I might not admit to a book club: I haven’t read this whole collection yet. Yeah, that’s right, I said it. I took this book on an airplane with me, read all the stories but one, and accidentally left it behind in my airline seat compartment for some lucky stranger to find behind the inflight magazine.

But the titular story alone had me bawling in economy class, suddenly realizing I’m an awful, awful daughter, and unless you’ve got no soul, you’ll tear up too.

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I love, love, love "The Paper Menagerie". It’s one of my favorites. In fact, I’ve not come across one story by Liu yet that failed to take me to another place. His work has appeared in numerous pro markets and featured in the Netflix series, Love, Death, & Robots. Now you can get the wealth of it in one place, and I’m thankful for it. Liu is a fantastic writer with unique and diverse ideas and world-building. 

From Kenneth's list on short story collections.

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