He has been involved in multiple media adaptations of his work. He also wrote the Star Wars novel, The Legends of Luke Skywalker. His debut collection, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, has been published in more than a dozen languages. Ken's debut novel, The Grace of Kings, is the first volume in a silkpunk epic fantasy series, The Dandelion Dynasty, in which engineers play the role of wizards. He has won the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, as well as top genre honors in Japan, Spain, and France, among other places.
Ken Liu ( ) is an American author of speculative fiction. issued for the study of Chinese SF, asks What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese?. Finally, Xia Jia, who holds the first Ph.D. Chen Qiufan's The Torn Generation gives the view of a younger generation of authors trying to come to terms with the tumultuous transformations around them. Liu Cixin's essay, The Worst of All Possible Universes and The Best of All Possible Earths, gives a historical overview of SF in China and situates his own rise to prominence as the premier Chinese author within that context. In addition, three essays at the end of the book explore Chinese science fiction.
Many of the authors collected here (with the obvious exception of Liu Cixin) belong to the younger generation of 'rising stars'. Some stories have won awards some have been included in various 'Year's Best' anthologies some have been well reviewed by critics and readers and some are simply Ken's personal favorites. Award-winning translator and author Ken Liu presents a collection of short speculative fiction from China.
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