Locus Award for Best Short Story Collection of the Year. Finalist of Goodreads Award. Tales and short stories were nominated for Locus, Ignotus, Grand Prix de l'Imaginarie, Interzone magazine awards and Bifrost . A collection of novels by Ken Liu, the editor and translator who discovered Liu Qixin. Solid science fiction, futurism, post-cyberpunk and Asian anime-style fantasy. Liu is one of the creators of the series “Love, Death and Robots” Stories about murderers traveling through time, stories in the style of the series “Black Mirror” about the influence of cryptocurrencies and Internet trolling, stories about artificial intelligences in the clouds of a global computer network, heartbreaking stories of relationships between parents and children Ken Liu explores the current themes of the present humanity and anxiously looks into its future. “Stories penetrate deep into the brain, exposing the painful truth, cutting off layer by layer to find the grain of sand in the heart of the pearl.” NPR "Discover one of the stars of science fiction" . CHARLIE JANE ANDERS‘Brilliant. The most important figure in fiction over the past decade" . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Liu explores a place where the ordinary encounters the extraordinary.". THE WASHINGTON POST Exciting . A Collection of Miracles and Magical Realities" . Buzz. "When I read Ken Liu's stories, I felt he was the only talent of his generation." JAMES FORD “Striking right in the heart” . “On your way through the book, you feel like you’re in a cosmic bottle of Klein.” WIRED "Ken Liu's most memorable creations in his entire literary career" . AV Club