Bøger af Ken Liu

The first collection of Ken Liu's multi-award-winning science fiction and fantasy short stories.

A wily, charismatic bandit, and the vengeance-sworn son of a deposed duke cross paths as they each lead their own rebellion against the Emperor's brutal regime. Their unlikely friendship will drastically change the balance of power in Dara... but at what price?

In the second part of the Dandelion Dynasty Kuni Garu, now Emperor of Dara, confronts the challenges of supreme power: both from within and without.

Sixteen of Ken Liu's latest science fiction and fantasy stories - plus a new novelette.

Klimaforandringerne er blandt de største udfordringer, menneskeheden står overfor. Alt tyder på at de accelererer, og hver ny fremskrivning tegner et mere dystert billede af klodens sande fremtidige tilstand. Naturligvis er det også en problemstilling, som science fiction-forfattere arbejder med, og i øvrigt har gjort gennem mere end hundrede år. Gennem det seneste halve århundrede er der i stigende grad tale om at science fiction-litteraturen diskuterer menneskets ansvar og mulighederne for at vende udviklingen.Mange fortællinger om klimakatastrofer og tiden derefter er dystre i udsynet, og er blevet kritiseret for negativitet. Men hvis en historie for alvor skal få læseren til at tænke over sagerne, nytter det ikke noget at lade problemerne løse sig af sig selv eller ved et eller andet mirakel. De bedste klimahistorier går ikke let hen over problemernes alvor.Til gengæld bliver der i stigende grad skrevet historier, der ganske vist tager klimaproblemerne alvorligt, men også forestiller sig måder at afbøde dem eller genetablere et menneskeligt samfund efter et eventuelt sammenbrud. Her viser science fiction en af sine styrker, nemlig teknologisk opfindsomhed, forbundet med ofte barsk realisme: Ingen siger at det bliver nemt, men der er stadig muligheder, stadigt håb. Strømningen er blevet kaldt hopepunk, og denne antologi rummer både historier af denne slags og af de mere dystre.Indhold:Kim Stanley Robinson: Det druknede VenedigMitch Sullivan: Kontoret for klimafaktaSam J. Miller: KælvetJean-Louis Trudel: At miste det vi ikke kan leve udenDaniel Thron: Barnebarns-paradoksetLavie Tidhar: DruknetSean Williams: De nye venusboereCatharynne M. Valente: Fremtiden er blåNicole Feldringer: AfvigereCamille Alexa: DrowntownCarrie Vaughn: AstrofiliPat Murphy & Paul Doherty: FjærtfangerenKathryn Blume: Verdens ottende vidunderKen Liu: Meddelelser fra vuggen: Eneboeren – 48 timer i Massachusetts-havetAfmagt og håb: Efterord ved Niels DalgaardOm forfatterne

With the invasion of Dara complete, and the Wall of Storms breached, the world has opened to new possibilities for the gods and peoples of both empires as the sweeping saga of the award-winning Dandelion Dynasty continues in this third book of the ';magnificent fantasy epic' (NPR).Princess Thra, once known as Empress na of Dara, entrusted the throne to her younger brother in order to journey to Ukyu-Gond to war with the Lyucu. She has crossed the fabled Wall of Storms with a fleet of advanced warships and ten thousand people. Beset by adversity, Thra and her most trusted companions attempt to overcome every challenge by doing the most interesting thing. But is not letting the past dictate the present always possible or even desirable? In Dara, the Lyucu leadership as well as the surviving Dandelion Court bristle with rivalries as currents of power surge and ebb and perspectives spin and shift. Here, parents and children, teachers and students, Empress and Pkyu, all nurture the seeds of plans that will take years to bloom. Will tradition yield to new justifications for power? Everywhere, the spirit of innovation dances like dandelion seeds on the wind, and the commoners, the forgotten, the ignored begin to engineer new solutions for a new age. Ken Liu returns to the series that draws from a tradition of the great epics of our history from the Aeneid to the Romance on the Three Kingdoms and builds a new tale unsurpassed in its scope and ambition.

Clarkesworld is a Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month they bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.Our January 2014 issue contains: Original Fiction by Ken Liu ("The Clockwork Soldier"), Cheng Jingbo ("Grave of the Fireflies") and Yoon Ha Lee ("Wine").Classic stories by Aliette de Bodard ("Ship's Brother") and Robert Charles Wilson ("Utriusque Cosmi").Non-fiction by Carl Abbott ("Distributed Cities"), an interview with Pat Cadigan, an Another Word column by Craig DeLancey, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

This is the seventh annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the selected year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to reach more readers. The Long List Anthology volume 7 collects 24 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over 400 pages of fiction by writers from all corners of the world. From lonely haunted houses to invincible mechsuits, from body-lending gigwork to Fae ransom letters, from space pirate radio to interstellar disputes over art ownership. There is something here for everyone. The following stories are in the anthology: "50 Things Every AI Working With Humans Should Know" by Ken Liu"AirBody" by Sameem Siddiqui"The Eight-Thousanders" by Jason Sanford"Open House On Haunted Hill" by John Wiswell"This is New Gehesran Calling" by Rebecca Fraimow"The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign" by Cora Buhlert"A Being Together Amongst Total Strangers" by Arkady Martine"Sinew and Steel and What They Told" by Carrie Vaughn"My Country Is a Ghost" by Eugenia Triantafyllou"In This, At Least, We Are Alike" by Caitlin Starling"The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly" by Alix E. Harrow"Sunrise, Sunrise, Sunrise" by Lauren Ring"The Salt Witch" by Martha Wells"Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City" by Arula Ratnakar"Color, Heat, and the Wreck of the Argo" by Catherynne M. Valente"Yellow and the Perception of Reality" by Maureen McHugh"An Important Failure" by Rebecca Campbell"City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat" by Usman T. Malik"If You Take My Meaning" by Charlie Jane Anders"On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa With Gun and Camera" by Elizabeth Bear"A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, is Infinite Potential" by Neon Yang"The Bahrain Underground Bazaar" by Nadia Afifi"To Sail the Black" by A.C. Wise"Exile's End" by Carolyn Ives Gilman

In the much-anticipated sequel to the 'magnificent fantasy epic' (NPR) Grace of Kings, Emperor Kuni Garu is faced with the invasion of an invincible army in his kingdom and must quickly find a way to defeat the intruders.

"The Grace of Kings, the first book in this epic series, tells the story of two men who become friends through rebelling against tyranny and then turn against each other in defense of irreconcilable ideals. Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, silk-draped airships, soaring battle kites, underwater boats, magical books, shapeshifting gods, and scaled whales who seem to prophesy the future. Once the emperor has been overthrown, however, the two find themselves the leaders of two sides with very different ideas about how the world should be run and the meaning of justice"--

Novellerne minder umiddelbart ikke om hinanden; den ene handler omen fars utilgivelige utroskab og hans simulationsopfindelse, der gørdet muligt, at genskabe ethvert menneske til at tilfredsstille sine egnebehov; den anden er en nådesløs skildring af en immigrantmors forsøgpå at tilpasse sig en vestlig verden og hendes søns afvisning af dereskinesiske ophav; den tredje præsenterer i bedste Black Mirror ogWestworld-stil, hvordan det ultimative overvågningssamfund påvirkersindet og menneskets frie vilje.Men alle tre historier har det til fælles, at de omhandler noget af detvigtigste og mest basale, vi omgiver os med – nemlig menneskeligerelationer – og hvordan disse relationer sættes i spil i en alternativverden, der måske ikke er så langt væk fra vores egen virkelighed.

The conclusion to Ken Liu's chronicle of the Dandelion Dynasty, the epic fantasy series.

Nel nostro futuro non ci sono omini verdi, né raggi laser o viaggi nel tempo, non ci flotte spaziali o teletrasporti: noi, figli del futuro, ragazze e ragazzi del nuovo millennio viviamo già tra assistenti virtuali, intelligenze artificiali, cambiamenti climatici, Big Data, droni, stampanti 3D, social network e nanotecnologia. Se ignoriamo cosa sia un maniscalco ¿ il gommista moderno ¿ lo cerchiamo online con un motore di ricerca, ma sappiamo che domani le auto si guideranno e ripareranno da sole e che quel lavoro, come molti altri, potrebbe non esistere più. E allora che mestiere faremo noi? E qual è la vita che ci aspetta visto il ritmo dell¿accelerazione tecnologica? In questa antologia troverete molte risposte. Undici storie da sette paesi diversi raccontano di giovani promesse del basket futuro, di ragazzi capaci di manipolare i ricordi e ragazze innamorate di bolle di sapone potenziate dalla nanotecnologia, e ancora di bambini in fuga dal cambiamento climatico e di anziani che vedono la loro vita migliorare grazie ai nipoti e agli androidi che si prendono cura di loro. I figli del futuro sono già nati, sono già qui tra voi, ascoltate le nostre storie.