The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

Ken Liu, Helen Vine

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Head of Zeus
07 April 2021

Science fiction; Short stories; China; Sci-Fi Alternate History; Short Stories Sci-Fi; Science; Future Society; Cyberpunk; Aliens; Space Opera; Time Travel; Hard Science Fiction

"From the title story's 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 fiction's greatest short story writers.

Contents include:

Ghost Days, Maxwell's 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 – Forty-Eight 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."

By: Ken Liu
Narrator: Helen Vine
Imprint: Head of Zeus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781838932060
ISBN 10: 1838932062
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 07 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ken Liu is the winner of the Nebula, Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Sidewise, and Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards. He is the author of The Grace of Kings and The Wall of Storms, in his epic series The Dandelion Dynasty. He is also the translator of Cixin Liu's Hugo-winning and Nebula-nominated The Three-Body Problem.

Reviews for The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

'Ken Liu's latest twist-filled sci-fi and fantasy anthology emphasises family and shared humanity ... The 17 stories of The Hidden Girl come out amid high expectations. Liu not only meets these with equanimity, but also sends his stories jetting off into new dimensions' Straits Times. 'In his cyberpunk-tinged visions, our homes are so often on fire - but the flames illuminate our difficult present in unexpected ways. A hugely accomplished collection' SFX Magazine. 'The king of speculative short stories delivers his most exquisite miniatures and a brand new novella' Waterstones Weekly.