Locus Award for the best collection of short stories of the year. Finalist of the Goodreads Award. Stories and short stories have been nominated for the Locus, Ignotus, Grand Prix de l`Imaginarie awards, awards from Interzone and Bifrost magazines. A collection of short stories by Ken Liu, the editor and translator who discovered Liu Cixin to the world. Hard science fiction, futurism, post-cyberpunk and Asian fantasy in anime style. Liu is one of the creators of the series “Love, Death and Robots.” Stories about time-traveling killers, Black Mirror-style stories about the influence of cryptocurrencies and Internet trolling, novels about artificial intelligence in the clouds of a global computer network, heartbreaking stories of relationships between parents and children. Ken Liu explores the pressing issues of humanity's present and looks anxiously into its future. "The stories penetrate deep into the brain, revealing the painful truth, cutting away layer by layer to find the grain of sand at the heart of the pearl." - NPR "Discover one of the stars of science fiction." – CHARLIE JANE ANDERS “Brilliant. The most important figure in science fiction of the past decade." – THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE “Extraordinary. Liu explores the place where the ordinary meets the extraordinary." – THE WASHINGTON POST “Fascinating. A collection of miracles and magical realities." – BuzzFeed “When I read Ken Liu's stories, I felt that he was the only talent of his generation.” – JAMIE FORD “It hits you right in the heart.” – KIRKUS REVIEWS “As you make your way through the book, it’s like stepping into a cosmic Klein bottle.” - WIRED "The most memorable works of Ken Liu's entire literary career." – AV Club