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It's a bit surprising to hear a writer known for building worlds that incorporate deep historical research and elaborate technological details extol the virtues of play, but Ken Liu tells critic Rose Casey and host Sarah Wasserman that if “your idea of heaven doesn't include play, then I'm not sure it's a heaven people want to go to.” It turns out that Ken—acclaimed translator and author of the “silkpunk” epic fantasy series Dandelion Dynasty and the award-winning short story collection The Paper Menagerie—is deeply serious about play. Speaking about play as the key to technological progress, Ken and Rose discuss the importance of whimsy and the inextricable relationship between imagination and usefulness. For Ken, whose Dandelion Dynasty makes heroes of engineers instead of wizards or knights, precise machinery and innovative gadgets are born, like novels, of imagination. Ken himself might be best described as a meticulous, dedicated tinkerer—a writer playing with the materials and stories of the past to help us encounter new worlds in the present. So even if trying to explain his craft is “like asking fish how they swim,” Ken jumps in and discusses how he writes at such different lengths (hint: the longer the book, the more elephantine) and what he makes of different genre labels, from fantasy to historical fiction. We also learn why Ken is a fan of Brat Summer and still thinking about the Roman Empire. Mentioned in this episode: Ken Liu, Speaking Bones (2022), The Veiled Throne (2021), The Wall of Storms (2017), The Grace of Kings (2016), The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (2016) Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem (2014) Rose Casey, Jessica Wilkerson, Johanna Winant, “An Open Letter from Faculty at West Virginia University” (2023) Rose Casey, “In Defense of Higher Education” (2024) Ursula K. LeGuin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (1973) Homer, The Odyssey Virgil, The Aeneid John Milton, Paradise Lost A.M. Turing, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” (1950) Brat Summer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
It's a bit surprising to hear a writer known for building worlds that incorporate deep historical research and elaborate technological details extol the virtues of play, but Ken Liu tells critic Rose Casey and host Sarah Wasserman that if “your idea of heaven doesn't include play, then I'm not sure it's a heaven people want to go to.” It turns out that Ken—acclaimed translator and author of the “silkpunk” epic fantasy series Dandelion Dynasty and the award-winning short story collection The Paper Menagerie—is deeply serious about play. Speaking about play as the key to technological progress, Ken and Rose discuss the importance of whimsy and the inextricable relationship between imagination and usefulness. For Ken, whose Dandelion Dynasty makes heroes of engineers instead of wizards or knights, precise machinery and innovative gadgets are born, like novels, of imagination. Ken himself might be best described as a meticulous, dedicated tinkerer—a writer playing with the materials and stories of the past to help us encounter new worlds in the present. So even if trying to explain his craft is “like asking fish how they swim,” Ken jumps in and discusses how he writes at such different lengths (hint: the longer the book, the more elephantine) and what he makes of different genre labels, from fantasy to historical fiction. We also learn why Ken is a fan of Brat Summer and still thinking about the Roman Empire. Mentioned in this episode: Ken Liu, Speaking Bones (2022), The Veiled Throne (2021), The Wall of Storms (2017), The Grace of Kings (2016), The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (2016) Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem (2014) Rose Casey, Jessica Wilkerson, Johanna Winant, “An Open Letter from Faculty at West Virginia University” (2023) Rose Casey, “In Defense of Higher Education” (2024) Ursula K. LeGuin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (1973) Homer, The Odyssey Virgil, The Aeneid John Milton, Paradise Lost A.M. Turing, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” (1950) Brat Summer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
This animated sci-fi thriller created by Craig Silverstein adapts Ken Liu's short stories, showing a near-parallel/future world where consciousness can be uploaded—and exploited by tech giants with dark agendas. With an all-star voice cast (Paul Dano, Maude Apatow, Daniel Dae Kim...), Pantheon dives deep into the ethics of immortality, identity, and corporate greed. Tune in as we discuss whether this mind-bending series is the next must-watch for sci-fi fans—or just another cautionary tale about playing god in Silicon Valley. Welcome to Today's Episode!
Ken Liu (born 1976) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Liu has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards for his novel translations and original short fiction. Liu's short story "The Paper Menagerie" is the first work of fiction, of any length, to win all of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. Besides his original work, Liu's translation of Liu Cixin's Chinese language novel The Three-Body Problem (the first in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy) won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel, making it the first translated novel to have won the award. He studied English Literature and Computer Science at Harvard College, and graduated from Harvard Law School. https://kenliu.name/ Steve and Ken discuss: 00:00 Meet Ken Liu: Acclaimed Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writer04:25 The Immigrant Experience and Cultural Perspectives09:22 Harvard, MSFT, HLS, Litigation15:01 The Art of Storytelling and Technology34:03 Controversy in AI Reasoning34:31 Technology Outstripping Science35:22 AI and the Arts38:30 The Future of AI in Art42:44 AI's Role in Creative Processes50:04 Art, Automation, and Society57:31 Favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy01:03:06 The Genius of Philip K. DickMusic used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure. – Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU. Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on X @hsu_steve.
Elena es una desarrolladora de muñecas tan avanzadas en sus algoritmos que son capaces de superar el test de Turing. La sistematización de los algoritmos para lograrlo la llevará, en el estado emocional en que se encuentra, a dudar de la realidad misma. ¿Realmente pensamos las personas? ¿Somos conscientes o funcionamos como una habitación china?. La realidad se vuelve tan predecible, como si de algoritmos se trataran, que incluso el comportamiento humano parece seguir unos patrones fijos. Esto llevará a Elena a tomar una decisión drástica, que corregirá los errores pasados en su propio algoritmo. La protagonista es una programadora que, junto con Brad, su marido, dirige una empresa de fabricación de muñecas con un nivel de inteligencia artificial tan elevado que casi se confunde con la inteligencia humana. Ken Liu, 1976 Lanzhou (China). Considerado uno de los mejores autores de ficción breve especulativa, Ken Liu ha recibido en varias ocasiones el premio Hugo, así como el Nébula y el World Fantasy, además de los premios más destacados del género en países como España, Japón y Francia. Su colección "El zoo de papel y otros relatos" se ha publicado en más de una docena de lenguas. Su primera novela, "La gracia de los reyes", que abre la serie de fantasía épica silkpunk "La Dinastía del Diente de León", recibió el premio Locus en 2016. Antes de dedicarse por completo a escribir ha sido ingeniero de software, abogado corporativo y consultor jurídico. Da frecuentes conferencias sobre cuestiones relacionadas con el futurismo, la tecnología y el valor de la ficción entre otros temas. Además, ha participado en las adaptaciones de sus obras a otros medios, como la serie de animación de Netflix "Love, Death + Robots" y "Pantheon", para AMC. ✅LIBROS EN AMAZON KEN LIU: https://amzn.to/3AZlYvI 🎙Más de Ken Liu, "Como anillo al dedo" https://go.ivoox.com/rf/91865485 Disponible mi primer libro ❣️"Crónicas Vampíricas de Vera", en Amazon, formato bolsilibro y kindle. 📕Puedes hacerte con uno aquí: https://amzn.eu/d/8htGfFt 🗒BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas Si esta historia te ha cautivado y deseas unirte a nuestro grupo de taberneros galácticos, tienes la oportunidad de contribuir y apoyar mi trabajo desde tan solo 1,49 euros al mes. Al hacerlo, tendrás acceso exclusivo a todos las historias para nuestros mecenas y podrás disfrutar de todas las historias sin interrupciones publicitarias. ¡Agradezco enormemente tu apoyo y tu fidelidad!. 🚀 🖤Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 PODCAST creados por OLGA PARAÍSO 🎙 🚀Historias para ser Leídas https://go.ivoox.com/sq/583108 ☕Un beso en la taza https://go.ivoox.com/sq/583108 y en el canal de YouTube HISTORIAS PARA SER LEÍDAS. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
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Elena es una desarrolladora de muñecas tan avanzadas en sus algoritmos que son capaces de superar el test de Turing. La sistematización de los algoritmos para lograrlo la llevará, en el estado emocional en que se encuentra, a dudar de la realidad misma. ¿Realmente pensamos las personas? ¿Somos conscientes o funcionamos como una habitación china?. La realidad se vuelve tan predecible, como si de algoritmos se trataran, que incluso el comportamiento humano parece seguir unos patrones fijos. Esto llevará a Elena a tomar una decisión drástica, que corregirá los errores pasados en su propio algoritmo. La protagonista es una programadora que, junto con Brad, su marido, dirige una empresa de fabricación de muñecas con un nivel de inteligencia artificial tan elevado que casi se confunde con la inteligencia humana. Ken Liu, 1976 Lanzhou (China). Considerado uno de los mejores autores de ficción breve especulativa, Ken Liu ha recibido en varias ocasiones el premio Hugo, así como el Nébula y el World Fantasy, además de los premios más destacados del género en países como España, Japón y Francia. Su colección "El zoo de papel y otros relatos" se ha publicado en más de una docena de lenguas. Su primera novela, "La gracia de los reyes", que abre la serie de fantasía épica silkpunk "La Dinastía del Diente de León", recibió el premio Locus en 2016. Antes de dedicarse por completo a escribir ha sido ingeniero de software, abogado corporativo y consultor jurídico. Da frecuentes conferencias sobre cuestiones relacionadas con el futurismo, la tecnología y el valor de la ficción entre otros temas. Además, ha participado en las adaptaciones de sus obras a otros medios, como la serie de animación de Netflix "Love, Death + Robots" y "Pantheon", para AMC. ✅LIBROS EN AMAZON KEN LIU: https://amzn.to/3AZlYvI 🎙Más de Ken Liu, "Como anillo al dedo" https://go.ivoox.com/rf/91865485 Disponible mi primer libro ❣️"Crónicas Vampíricas de Vera", en Amazon, formato bolsilibro y kindle. 📕Puedes hacerte con uno aquí: https://amzn.eu/d/8htGfFt 🗒BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas Si esta historia te ha cautivado y deseas unirte a nuestro grupo de taberneros galácticos, tienes la oportunidad de contribuir y apoyar mi trabajo desde tan solo 1,49 euros al mes. Al hacerlo, tendrás acceso exclusivo a todos las historias para nuestros mecenas y podrás disfrutar de todas las historias sin interrupciones publicitarias. ¡Agradezco enormemente tu apoyo y tu fidelidad!. 🚀 🖤Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 PODCAST creados por OLGA PARAÍSO 🎙 🚀Historias para ser Leídas https://go.ivoox.com/sq/583108 ☕Un beso en la taza https://go.ivoox.com/sq/583108 y en el canal de YouTube HISTORIAS PARA SER LEÍDAS.
Each year, we sit down and look at the year ahead and, inevitably, end up discussing the books we are looking forward to. This year we invited long time friends of the podcast Charlie Jane Anders and Ian Mond to join us. During a lively conversation it became clear that, no matter what else is happening in the world, there's a lot of wonderful work coming out in 2025, and this only scratches the surface of it. As always, our thanks to Charlie Jane and Ian for making the time to join us. As promised, here are our lists. Charlie Jane Anders Oathbound, Tracy Deonn Harriet Tubman Live in Concert, Bob the Drag Queen Terms of Service, Ciel Pierlot Notes from a Regicide, Isaac Fellman Meet Me at the Crossroads, Megan Giddings Harmattan Season, Tochi Onyebuchi Ian Mond Waterblack, Alex Pheby The Crimson Road, A. G. Slatter Exit Zero, Marie-Helene Bertino Major Arcana, John Pistelli The Antidote, Karen Russell Gary K. Wolfe Written on the Dark, Guy Gavriel Kay When We Were Real, Daryl Gregory A Granite Silence, Nina Allan Frankenstein Rex, Adam Roberts Lessons in Magic and Disaster, Charlie Jane Anders Jonathan Luminous, Silvia Park Sour Cherry, Natalia Theodoridou The Devils, Joe Abercrombie The Everlasting, Alix E Harrow All That We See or Seem, Ken Liu
Join BefuddledPanda, Spooke_, Yetti, Sean, and Seth as they discuss the second half of The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu. Content Warning: Discussion of rape Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/greenteampod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@greenteampod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/
Join BefuddledPanda, Yetti, Sean, Spooke_, and Seth as they make their way through Parts 1 & 2 of The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/greenteampod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@greenteampod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/
Notes and Links to Maggie Sheffer's Work Marguerite (Maggie) Sheffer is a writer who lives in New Orleans. She is a Professor of Practice at Tulane University, where she teaches courses in design thinking and speculative fiction as tools for social change. Formerly, she taught English at the East Oakland School of the Arts, Castlemont High School, Life Academy, and GW Carver High School. Her debut short story collection, The Man in the Banana Trees, was selected by judge Jamil Jan Kochai for the Iowa Short Fiction Award, was published in Fall 2024. Maggie is a founding member of Third Lantern Lit, a local writing collective, and the Nautilus and Wildcat Writing Groups. She received her MFA from Randolph College. She was a 2023 Veasna So Scholar in Fiction at The Adroit Journal, and was selected as a top-twenty-five finalist for Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers. Her story “Tiger on My Roof” was a finalist for the 2024 Chautauqua Janus Prize, which awards emerging writers' short fiction with “daring formal and aesthetic innovations that upset and reorder readers' imaginations.” Her position on semicolons (for) is noted in an Australian grammar textbook (pg. 16). Buy The Man in the Banana Trees Maggie's Website From LitHub: "Marguerite Sheffer on Crafting a Collection of Century-Spanning Speculative Fiction" "Marguerite Sheffer: These Stories Are an Intimate Map of What Scares Me" from Writer's Digest At about 0:45, Maggie shares a fun story about being published with George Bernard Shaw At about 2:15, Maggie talks about her early reading life At about 3:20, The two reflect on the evolving reputation of Star Wars and Star Wars fans At about 4:45, Maggie shares how wine bottles led to writing an early and pivotal short story At about 5:40, Maggie describes a gap in “actively writing” while teaching and interacting differently with writing At about 6:50, Maggie lists texts and writers that helped her “reorder [her] brain” At about 8:55, Pete and Maggie stan Tillie Olsen's “I Stand Here ironing” At about 10:45, Pete recounts a story about how he happened upon the great story by Shirley Jackson, “The Lottery” At about 11:30, Maggie responds to Pete asking about what drew and draws her to science and speculative fiction At about 12:30, Maggie highlights past guest Jamil Jan Kochai, Ken Liu, E. Lily Yu, Sofia Samatar, Clare Beams, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, the book The Safekeep, and others as contemporary writers who thrill and inspire At about 13:45, Pete asks Maggie how teaching has inspired her writing At about 15:25, Maggie cites Octavia Butler's and Sandra Cisneros' work and The Things They Carried and other texts that were favorites of her students At about 16:50, The two discuss the epigraph and seeds for the short story collection At about 18:30, The two discuss the collection's first story and connection to Tillie Olsen's idea of being “imprisoned in his own difference” and students being “othered” At about 22:40, Maggie reflects on an important truth of fiction At about 23:20, Maggie discusses famous unicorn tapestries that inspire a story of hers At about 24:40, Pete compliments Maggie's “delightfully weird” stories and “soft endings” and she responds to his questions about allegory/plot and “cool stories” At about 26:20, Maggie talks about realizing the throughlines in her collections At about 27:50, Maggie responds to Pete's questions about writing in Covid times At about 28:20, Pete cites examples of misogyny in the collection and asks about Joycleyn Bell and Maggie expands upon the story “The Observer's Cage”-its genesis and connections to Jocelyn Bell Burnell At about 31:00, Pete notes the use of animals as stand-ins for humanity and Maggie expands on deas of resistance as seen in the collection At about 32:00, The two discuss ideas of redress and reclaiming the past through stories in the collection, especially “The Observer's Cage” At about 34:40, the two discuss a story with ghosts and ideas of “unfinished business” and capturing past natural greatness At about 36:40, Maggie talks about sadly learning that an idea that she thought was original was not, as the two discuss a few stories about commercialism, dystopia, and climate change At about 40:20, the two discuss middens, and themes of reclaiming what has been lost At about 42:30, Pete notes an interesting story that deals with memory and AI, and Maggie talks about writing from a interesting-placed narrator At about 44:20, Pete draws connections between a title character, Miriam Ackerman, and Truman Capote's wonderful “A Christmas Memory”, while Maggie discusses the relationship between the title character and the narrator At about 47:10, The two discuss violence and parental lack of control, especially in “Tiger on the Roof” and its memorable ending and creative plot At about 50:25, Pete highlights the poignant and resonant closing line for the above story and connects the ending to Alice Elliott Dark's classic, “In the Gloaming” At about 52:00, The two discuss the collection's title story and Maggie discuses inspiration from Carmen Maria Machado At about 53:00, The two discuss the way the above story is “gutting” in its portrayal of the “banality of loss” At about 56:10, Maggie reminds that the book is not just a “downer!” At about 56:50, Maggie reads from “En Plein Aire” At about 1:00:30, Maggie gives information on places to buy her book and social media and contact information At about 1:01:20, Maggie shares information on some exciting new projects You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode. I am very excited to have one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. A big thanks to Rachel León and Michael Welch at Chicago Review. Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. 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On this episode of Antioch MFA Program's LitCit, host Keshia Nash-Johnson chats with guest, Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings and The Paper Menagerie. They discuss his creation and use of the genre Silkpunk, his writing process, the influences of his writing, and the way his writing engages with his readers. This episode was produced by Michael Sedillo, and mastered by Elyse Jackson Williams, Ian Rodriguez, and Bo Thomas Newman.
Science fiction and fantasy are full of wondrous libraries containing everything from powerful artifacts to some dang good reads. How does the idealized view of libraries in speculative fiction compare with the real-life libraries, which are under attack by would-be censors and culture warriors? Also, we talk to award-winning author Ken Liu about his brand new translation of the classic Daoist text, the Dao De Jing. Shownotes and more info at https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes
BefuddledPanda hosts Sean (aka BlackDiamond), Spooke_, and Yettibeats to continue their discussion on The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/ Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA Twitter: @GreenteamPod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@greenteamlegendarium
Is history a cycle? How do the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shed light on the discovery of prehistoric cave paintings at Lascaux Cave? What is the link between prehistory and posthistory? This episode looks into the links between the beginning and end of the human story-the human drive to preserve a legacy and pass on a message as a civilization and the dangers of Prometheus sparking fire too deep into human consciousness. 1. "Prehistory in the Atomic Age" by Maria Stavrinaki: https://aeon.co/essays/only-the-deep-past-can-make-sense-of-terrifying-nuclear-futures 2. "The Message" by Ken Liu: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Hidden-Girl-and-Other-Stories/Ken-Liu/9781982134044 3. "What My Mother's Sticky Notes Show About the Nature of the Self" by Crispin Sartwell: https://psyche.co/ideas/what-my-mothers-sticky-notes-show-about-the-nature-of-the-self -Consider Supporting the Podcast!- Leave a rating or review on apple podcasts or spotify! Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory Check out my podcast series on Aftersun, Piranesi, Arcane, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Nazi Germany and the Battle for the Human Heart here: https://www.reflectinghistory.com/bonuscontent Try my podcast series "Nazi Germany and the Battle for the Human Heart"-- What led to the rise of Nazi Germany? The answer may surprise you…Why do 'good' people support evil leaders? What allure does fascism hold that enables it to garner popular support? To what extent are ordinary people responsible for the development of authoritarian evil? This 13 part podcast series explores these massive questions and more through the lens of Nazi Germany and the ordinary people who collaborated or resisted as the Third Reich expanded. You'll not only learn about the horrifying, surprising, and powerful ways in which the Nazis seized and maintained power, but also fundamental lessons about what fascism is-how to spot it and why it spreads. Through exploring the past, I hope to unlock lessons that everyone can apply to the present day. Check it out on my Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory. Try my podcast series "Piranesi: Exploring the Infinite Halls of a Literary Masterpiece"-- This podcast series is a deep analysis of Susanna Clark's literary masterpiece "Piranesi." Whether you are someone who is reading the novel for academic purposes, or you simply want to enjoy an incredible story for it's own sake, this podcast series goes chapter by chapter into the plot, characters, and themes of the book...“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; it's kindness infinite.” Piranesi lives in an infinite house, with no long-term memory and only a loose sense of identity. As the secrets of the House deepen and the mystery of his life becomes more sinister, Piranesi must discover who he is and how this brings him closer to the “Great and Secret Knowledge” that the House contains. Touching on themes of memory, identity, mental health, knowledge, reason, experience, meaning, reflection, ideals, and more…Piranesi will be remembered as one of the great books of the 21st century. Hope you enjoy the series as much as I enjoyed making it. Check it out at https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory. Subscribe to my newsletter! A free, low stress, monthly-quarterly email offering historical perspective on modern day issues, behind the scenes content on my latest podcast episodes, and historical lessons/takeaways from the world of history, psychology, and philosophy: https://www.reflectinghistory.com/newsletter.
What can translation and transmission of ideas and stories over time teach us about a society -- and about storytelling? Guest Ken Liu joins us to talk about the intertwining of philosophy, imagination, and translation. As writers, we can never fully translate the story that plays out in our heads onto the page, because every reader will imagine something a little different. How do we embrace that and celebrate it as a lovely part of the human condition? This plays into how we construct our fictional worlds as well. The stories a culture tells about itself and its past are also always acts of translation, taking "what really happened" and putting a spin on it. Why do the people in your invented societies frame stories in the way that they do? How can thinking about the relationship between words, power, leadership, and culture help us build more creativey and inventively? [Transcript TK] Our Guest: Ken Liu (http://kenliu.name) is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards for his fiction, he has also won top genre honors abroad in Japan, Spain, and France. Liu's most characteristic work is the four-volume epic fantasy series, The Dandelion Dynasty, in which engineers, not wizards, are the heroes of a silkpunk world on the verge of modernity. His debut collection of short fiction, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, has been published in more than a dozen languages. A second collection, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories, followed. He also penned the Star Wars novel, The Legends of Luke Skywalker. He's often involved in media adaptations of his work. Recent projects include “The Message,” under development by 21 Laps and FilmNation Entertainment; “Good Hunting,” adapted as an episode in season one of Netflix's breakout adult animated series Love, Death + Robots; and AMC's Pantheon, with Craig Silverstein as executive producer, adapted from an interconnected series of Liu's short stories. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Liu worked as a software engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. He frequently speaks at conferences and universities on a variety of topics, including futurism, machine-augmented creativity, history of technology, bookmaking, and the mathematics of origami. In addition to his original fiction, Liu also occasionally publishes literary translations. His most recent work of translation is a new rendition of Laozi's Dao De Jing. Liu lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.
This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Ken Liu, translator of Laozi's Dao De Jing. About Laozi's Dao De Jing: Laozi's Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized ideology over experience. By speaking […] The post Episode 634-With Ken Liu appeared first on The Functional Nerds.
After the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act loosened discriminatory restrictions, people from Northeast Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and eventually China immigrated to the United States in large numbers. Highly skilled Asian immigrants flocked to professional-managerial occupations, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math. Asian American literature is now overwhelmingly defined by this generation's children, who often struggled with parental and social expectations that they would pursue lucrative careers on their way to becoming writers. In Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility (Columbia UP, 2024), Christopher T. Fan offers a new way to understand Asian American fiction through the lens of the class and race formations that shaped its authors both in the United States and in Northeast Asia. In readings of writers including Ted Chiang, Chang-rae Lee, Ken Liu, Ling Ma, Ruth Ozeki, Kathy Wang, and Charles Yu, he examines how Asian American fiction maps the immigrant narrative of intergenerational conflict onto the “two cultures” conflict between the arts and sciences. Fan argues that the self-consciousness found in these writers' works is a legacy of Japanese and American modernization projects that emphasized technical and scientific skills in service of rapid industrialization. He considers Asian American writers' attraction to science fiction, the figure of the engineer and notions of the “postracial,” modernization theory and time travel, and what happens when the dream of a stable professional identity encounters the realities of deprofessionalization and proletarianization. Through a transnational and historical-materialist approach, this groundbreaking book illuminates what makes texts and authors “Asian American.” Christopher T. Fan is an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine, in the Departments of English, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Studies. He is a cofounder and senior editor of Hyphen magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
After the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act loosened discriminatory restrictions, people from Northeast Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and eventually China immigrated to the United States in large numbers. Highly skilled Asian immigrants flocked to professional-managerial occupations, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math. Asian American literature is now overwhelmingly defined by this generation's children, who often struggled with parental and social expectations that they would pursue lucrative careers on their way to becoming writers. In Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility (Columbia UP, 2024), Christopher T. Fan offers a new way to understand Asian American fiction through the lens of the class and race formations that shaped its authors both in the United States and in Northeast Asia. In readings of writers including Ted Chiang, Chang-rae Lee, Ken Liu, Ling Ma, Ruth Ozeki, Kathy Wang, and Charles Yu, he examines how Asian American fiction maps the immigrant narrative of intergenerational conflict onto the “two cultures” conflict between the arts and sciences. Fan argues that the self-consciousness found in these writers' works is a legacy of Japanese and American modernization projects that emphasized technical and scientific skills in service of rapid industrialization. He considers Asian American writers' attraction to science fiction, the figure of the engineer and notions of the “postracial,” modernization theory and time travel, and what happens when the dream of a stable professional identity encounters the realities of deprofessionalization and proletarianization. Through a transnational and historical-materialist approach, this groundbreaking book illuminates what makes texts and authors “Asian American.” Christopher T. Fan is an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine, in the Departments of English, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Studies. He is a cofounder and senior editor of Hyphen magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-american-studies
After the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act loosened discriminatory restrictions, people from Northeast Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and eventually China immigrated to the United States in large numbers. Highly skilled Asian immigrants flocked to professional-managerial occupations, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math. Asian American literature is now overwhelmingly defined by this generation's children, who often struggled with parental and social expectations that they would pursue lucrative careers on their way to becoming writers. In Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility (Columbia UP, 2024), Christopher T. Fan offers a new way to understand Asian American fiction through the lens of the class and race formations that shaped its authors both in the United States and in Northeast Asia. In readings of writers including Ted Chiang, Chang-rae Lee, Ken Liu, Ling Ma, Ruth Ozeki, Kathy Wang, and Charles Yu, he examines how Asian American fiction maps the immigrant narrative of intergenerational conflict onto the “two cultures” conflict between the arts and sciences. Fan argues that the self-consciousness found in these writers' works is a legacy of Japanese and American modernization projects that emphasized technical and scientific skills in service of rapid industrialization. He considers Asian American writers' attraction to science fiction, the figure of the engineer and notions of the “postracial,” modernization theory and time travel, and what happens when the dream of a stable professional identity encounters the realities of deprofessionalization and proletarianization. Through a transnational and historical-materialist approach, this groundbreaking book illuminates what makes texts and authors “Asian American.” Christopher T. Fan is an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine, in the Departments of English, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Studies. He is a cofounder and senior editor of Hyphen magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
After the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act loosened discriminatory restrictions, people from Northeast Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and eventually China immigrated to the United States in large numbers. Highly skilled Asian immigrants flocked to professional-managerial occupations, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math. Asian American literature is now overwhelmingly defined by this generation's children, who often struggled with parental and social expectations that they would pursue lucrative careers on their way to becoming writers. In Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility (Columbia UP, 2024), Christopher T. Fan offers a new way to understand Asian American fiction through the lens of the class and race formations that shaped its authors both in the United States and in Northeast Asia. In readings of writers including Ted Chiang, Chang-rae Lee, Ken Liu, Ling Ma, Ruth Ozeki, Kathy Wang, and Charles Yu, he examines how Asian American fiction maps the immigrant narrative of intergenerational conflict onto the “two cultures” conflict between the arts and sciences. Fan argues that the self-consciousness found in these writers' works is a legacy of Japanese and American modernization projects that emphasized technical and scientific skills in service of rapid industrialization. He considers Asian American writers' attraction to science fiction, the figure of the engineer and notions of the “postracial,” modernization theory and time travel, and what happens when the dream of a stable professional identity encounters the realities of deprofessionalization and proletarianization. Through a transnational and historical-materialist approach, this groundbreaking book illuminates what makes texts and authors “Asian American.” Christopher T. Fan is an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine, in the Departments of English, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Studies. He is a cofounder and senior editor of Hyphen magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
After the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act loosened discriminatory restrictions, people from Northeast Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and eventually China immigrated to the United States in large numbers. Highly skilled Asian immigrants flocked to professional-managerial occupations, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math. Asian American literature is now overwhelmingly defined by this generation's children, who often struggled with parental and social expectations that they would pursue lucrative careers on their way to becoming writers. In Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility (Columbia UP, 2024), Christopher T. Fan offers a new way to understand Asian American fiction through the lens of the class and race formations that shaped its authors both in the United States and in Northeast Asia. In readings of writers including Ted Chiang, Chang-rae Lee, Ken Liu, Ling Ma, Ruth Ozeki, Kathy Wang, and Charles Yu, he examines how Asian American fiction maps the immigrant narrative of intergenerational conflict onto the “two cultures” conflict between the arts and sciences. Fan argues that the self-consciousness found in these writers' works is a legacy of Japanese and American modernization projects that emphasized technical and scientific skills in service of rapid industrialization. He considers Asian American writers' attraction to science fiction, the figure of the engineer and notions of the “postracial,” modernization theory and time travel, and what happens when the dream of a stable professional identity encounters the realities of deprofessionalization and proletarianization. Through a transnational and historical-materialist approach, this groundbreaking book illuminates what makes texts and authors “Asian American.” Christopher T. Fan is an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine, in the Departments of English, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Studies. He is a cofounder and senior editor of Hyphen magazine.
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Rachael dives into what she spent (and made) on her Kickstarter, and then has an amazing conversation with Ken Liu on world building and the Dao De Jing! Ken Liu (http://kenliu.name) is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, he wrote the Dandelion Dynasty, a silkpunk epic fantasy series (starting with The Grace of Kings), as well as short story collections The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories. He also penned the Star Wars novel The Legends of Luke Skywalker. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Liu worked as a software engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. Liu frequently speaks at conferences and universities on a variety of topics, including futurism, machine-augmented creativity, history of technology, bookmaking, and the mathematics of origami.Laozi's Dao De Jing: A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time - https://amzn.to/3XR8UEK
This episode of History 102 delves deeply into the ancient history of China, from its foundation around 2000 BC to the fall of the Han Dynasty around 200 AD. WhatifAltHist creator Rudyard Lynch and Erik Torenberg also explore the rise and fall of the Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties, uncovering the political and social forces that shaped ancient Chinese history. Discover how ancient China evolved in isolation, developing its own unique civilization, institutions, and beliefs, with surprising parallels to other world powers. -- SPONSORS: BEEHIIV Head to Beehiiv, the newsletter platform built for growth, to power your own. Connect with premium brands, scale your audience, and deliver a beautiful UX that stands out in an inbox.
Ken Liu, Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Stanford, is the author of Machine Unlearning in 2024. We explore the concept of machine unlearning, a process of removing specific data points from trained AI models.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
BefuddledPanda, Sean (aka BlackDiamond), and Spooke_ embark on a new journey with The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In this episode, we chat about expectations going into the series, what silkpunk is, and chapters 1 - 11. First part of the episode is spoiler free. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/ Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA Twitter: @GreenteamPod #silkpunk #thedandeliondynasty #kenliu #thegraceofkings #eastasianfantasy #scifi
The major science parts of the plot: 3 Body Problem | Official Trailer | Netflix Three body problem in physics: Newtons Arm is a short visual explanation of the 3 body problem at work: https://youtu.be/U39RMUzCjiU?si=6xPH8eBwWQBKIylo Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Three-Body Problem Ken Liu translation of The Three Body Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths-Past-ebook/dp/B00IQO403K More about Ken Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu Other media […]
The major science parts of the plot: 3 Body Problem | Official Trailer | Netflix Three body problem in physics: Newtons Arm is a short visual explanation of the 3 body problem at work: https://youtu.be/U39RMUzCjiU?si=6xPH8eBwWQBKIylo Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Three-Body Problem Ken Liu translation of The Three Body Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths-Past-ebook/dp/B00IQO403K More about Ken Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu Other media […]
You've got Jenny, Chris and Sarah chatting three short stories today. We'd love you to join in the conversation and can read all these stories online.The Paper Menagerie by Ken LiuRecitatif by Toni MorrisonA Temporary Matter by Jhumpa LahiriGet in touchInstagram | TikTok | Voice message | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fiBooks mentionedWritten on the Body by Jeanette WintersonThe Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSupport The Bookcast ClubYou can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our bonus tier FREE for 7 days. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts.NewsletterSign up to our monthly newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news. Come and chat to us in the comments.Support the Show.
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 9, 2024 is: grudging • GRUH-jing • adjective Grudging is an adjective used to describe something that is said, done, or given unwillingly or reluctantly. It can also describe someone who is unwilling or reluctant to do something. // Her theories have begun to win grudging acceptance in the scientific community. // A number of his former critics have become grudging admirers. See the entry > Examples: “‘I'm impressed,' said Mati, grudging admiration in her tone. ‘It isn't just a pretty name and expensive ingredients. I can never make something this tasty.'” — Ken Liu, The Veiled Throne, 2022 Did you know? The English language has been carrying a grudge for a long time—since the 13th century to be exact, when it took the Anglo-French verb grucher/grucer and made it grucchen/grudgen. Both words meant “to grumble and complain” (and if their shared definition, combined with their spelling and pronunciation, reminds you of a certain furry green Muppet who lives in a trash can, you're onto something: grouch is thought to be a grucchen descendant). Over time grucchen/grudgen became grudge, which picked up the additional, closely related meanings of “to be unwilling to give or allow” and “to allow with reluctance or resentment,” as when Virginia Woolf wrote “if you come to grudge even the sun for shining … fruit does not ripen.” Grudging, which developed from grudge, made its English debut in the 1530s, and has been used ever since to describe someone who is unwilling or reluctant (“a grudging supporter”) or something done or given reluctantly or sparingly (“grudging respect”).
The major science parts of the plot: 3 Body Problem | Official Trailer | Netflix Three body problem in physics: Newtons Arm is a short visual explanation of the 3 body problem at work: https://youtu.be/U39RMUzCjiU?si=6xPH8eBwWQBKIylo Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Three-Body Problem Ken Liu translation of The Three Body Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths-Past-ebook/dp/B00IQO403K More about Ken Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu Other media […]
The major science parts of the plot: 3 Body Problem | Official Trailer | Netflix Three body problem in physics: Newtons Arm is a short visual explanation of the 3 body problem at work: https://youtu.be/U39RMUzCjiU?si=6xPH8eBwWQBKIylo Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Three-Body Problem Ken Liu translation of The Three Body Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths-Past-ebook/dp/B00IQO403K More about Ken Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu Other media […]
In which the Minister of Magic walks into a party with a deluminator, a kids book, and a snitch Email us at restrictedsectionpod@gmail.com to tell us what you thought of The Will of Albus Dumbledore or even what you think of us! We'd love to read your email on the show. Be sure to subscribe to know right away about new episodes, and rate and review! SUPPORT US ON OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/therestrictedsection THANK YOU LOVE YOU BUY OUR MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/user/restricted-section-podcast THANK YOU LOVE YOU IG: https://www.instagram.com/restrictedsectionpod/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rspoddetentioncrew/ Check out our other amazing Deus Ex Media podcasts! www.deusexmedia.org This episode featured: Christina Kann https://linktr.ee/christinakann Christina plugged The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9780425267721 Evermore by Sara Holland https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9780062653703 The Outsiders by SE Hinton https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9780142407332 The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9781481424363 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9781649374042 Andrew My Dude Andrew (kind of) plugged The Three-Body Problem https://www.netflix.com/title/81024821 He also plugged The First Responders https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23635250/ Jason Hilton Jason plugged Dune by Frank Herbert https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9780441172719 He also plugged Torches by Foster the People https://open.spotify.com/album/2wu3EA8IvohnL7Ik88Usl9?autoplay=true
This week we discussed Jumpnauts, written by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu, and narrated by Catherine Ho. Jumpnaut [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Vagabonds [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 81] 3 Body Problem (2024) [IMDb] / [Netflix] Rendezvous with Rama [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]
Netflix's lavish new adaptation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem is the latest 'translation' of one of this century's best, and best-selling, sci-fi novels. In this episode, we track the role of translation—on screen and on the page—in the global rise of Chinese sci-fi. Our guide is reporter and sci-fi aficionada Lydia Emmanouilidou who talks with several people involved in the Chinese literary scene, notably The Three-Body Problem's English translator Ken Liu. More about Lydia Emmanouilidou here. Music in this episode by Ambre Jaune, Medité, Pearce Roswell and Trabant 33. Read a transcript of the episode here. And sign up for Subtitle's newsy, nerdy, fortnightly newsletter here.
Netflix's lavish new adaptation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem is the latest 'translation' of one of this century's best, and best-selling, sci-fi novels. In this episode, we track the role of translation—on screen and on the page—in the global rise of Chinese sci-fi. Our guide is reporter and sci-fi aficionada Lydia Emmanouilidou who talks with several people involved in the Chinese literary scene, notably The Three-Body Problem's English translator Ken Liu. More about Lydia Emmanouilidou here. Music in this episode by Ambre Jaune, Medité, Pearce Roswell and Trabant 33. Read a transcript of the episode here. And sign up for Subtitle's newsy, nerdy, fortnightly newsletter here.
The first installment of Cixin Liu's epic trilogy “Remembrance of Earth's Past” takes its name from a famously unsolvable problem in orbital mechanics and that sets the tone for the heady, complex, hard science fiction of what's to come. In episode 306, join Luke Elliott & James Bailey as they are just beginning their journey into this series with Part One and Part Two, appreciate Ken Liu's translation, explore the Chinese Cultural Revolution through the character Ye Wenjie, witness the most ominous countdown of all time with Wang Miao, and wonder about the mechanics of what seems like a very important game. Join them next week for their thoughts on the first four episodes of Dan Weiss and David Benioff's Netflix adaptation! Ink to Film Support on Patreon for bonus content, merch, and the ability to vote on upcoming projects! https://www.patreon.com/inktofilm Get The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu or any of the other source novels at the Ink to Film Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/inktofilm Ink to Film's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky (@inktofilm) Home Base: inktofilm.com Luke Elliott Website: www.lukeelliottauthor.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/luminousluke IG: https://www.instagram.com/lpelliott/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@lpelliott Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/luminousluke.bsky.social James Bailey Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jame_Bail IG: https://www.instagram.com/jamebail/ Credits Song: Last Dawn by Ross Bugden: https://youtu.be/wWjgsepyE8I?si=G9HL2QdcBKG76Q7j
I had become a writer. The habit had stuck, and I fell in love with books and reading and writing, and the rest of the path unfurled from there. - Mason Engel Discover the epic journey of Mason Engel, who embarked on a mind-blowing adventure to all 50 states in just 50 days, to read 50 books and interview 50 authors. Whoa! Imagine the day to day of meeting fascinating authors, navigating through time changes and road challenges, and learning the heartwarming stories of small-town America. Hear Mason's perspective on storytelling and the human connection. This a super fun and captivating expedition that unfolded on the road. My special guest is Mason Engel Mason Engel is an independent author and filmmaker. His sci-fi novel, 2084, has been downloaded over 35,000 times, and his short documentary about indie bookshops, The Bookstour, has played at the Miami, Brooklyn, Louisiana, and Portland Literary Festivals. His upcoming feature-length documentary, Books Across America, follows him as he travels to 50 states, reads 50 books, and interviews 50 authors, all in 50 days. A treatise on why we tell stories, the film includes interviews with James Patterson, Joyce Carol Oates, Ann Patchett, Walter Mosley, Brandon Sanderson, Ken Liu, and many more. Mason lives in Columbus, Indiana, where he spends his time editing Books Across America, writing a new novel based on his travels, and dreaming about a "Parts Unknown" for the book world. In this episode, you will be able to: Discover the journey of Mason Engel's 50-state book tour. Understand the vital role of independent bookstores in communities and how they contribute to local culture and literary diversity. Uncover the profound impact of reading and storytelling on personal development, empathy, and societal change. Discover the enriching experience of exploring local cultures through literature and discover the power of storytelling in connecting communities. The resources mentioned in this episode are: Subscribe to the Winds of Change newsletter by visiting the website mentioned in the conversation ThinkWY.org. This will keep you updated on the latest episodes and news related to the podcast. Follow Books Across America on social media platforms for updates on the release of the documentary. You can find them on Instagram and Facebook with the handle books across America and on Twitter as books x America. Visit the website booksxamerica.com and subscribe for updates on the release of the documentary. This will ensure that you receive notifications about the film's availability and release date. Stay tuned for the release of the documentary and learn more here: Explore the work of author CJ Box, who was interviewed in the podcast. Discover his books and delve into the captivating stories that represent the geography, people, and causes of Wyoming. Follow Us On These Channels: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emydigrappa/ www.ThinkWY.org https://www.facebook.com/storiesaboutwhy https://www.instagram.com/storiesaboutwhy Listen on all your favorite platforms and subscribe! As always leave a review if you enjoyed these stories and follow us on Instagram or visit the webpage of the Wyoming Humanities!
We Are Bugs, and we're breaking down the final 4 episodes of 3 BODY PROBLEM: Netflix's adaptation of Cixin Liu's THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM by the Game of Thrones creators. Like Wallfacer Saul, we may not understand all that's happening. We're barely scratching the surface of the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy - will we get season 2? We have more Science Riddles, Double M Matt Murdick talks the muiscal score, plus we read the "original script" for secrets! Episode 5 Judgment Day: As threat levels rise, a secret mission to retrieve enemy intel ventures into dangerous territory. An ominous message reaches Earth. Episode 6 The Stars Our Destination: With the world in a state of panic following a momentous declaration, Wade gathers the world's greatest minds to prepare a defense plan. Episode 7 Only Advance: A bold proposition for the Staircase Project puts the group at odds. Will weighs his options. Ye returns to a familiar place. Episode 8 Wallfacer: A high-level operation upends Saul's life. With emotions and expectations high, the probe launches into space as humanity enters a daunting new era. Directed by Minkie Spiro Jeremy Podeswa Series Writing Credits David Benioff ... (series created by) (8 episodes, 2024) Rose Cartwright ... (story editor) (8 episodes, 2024) Cixin Liu ... (based on the books by) (8 episodes, 2024) Madhuri Shekar ... (story editor) (8 episodes, 2024) D.B. Weiss ... (series created by) (8 episodes, 2024) Alexander Woo ... (series created by) (8 episodes, 2024) Series Cast Jovan Adepo ... Saul Durand Liam Cunningham ... Thomas Wade Eiza González ... Auggie Salazar Jess Hong ... Jin Cheng Benedict Wong ... Da Shi Marlo Kelly ... Tatiana Alex Sharp ... Will Downing Sea Shimooka ... Sophon Rosalind Chao ... Ye Wenjie Saamer Usmani ... Raj Varma Jonathan Pryce ... Mike Evans Gerard Monaco ... Collins John Bradley ... Jack Rooney Zine Tseng ... Young Ye Wenjie John Dagleish ... Felix Hélène Viviès ... Lecompte Stephen Rahman Hughes ... Anwar Suleiman Adrian Edmondson ... Denys Porlock Bea Svistunenko ... Laeticia Bilal Hasna ... Edgar CCH Pounder ... Secretary General Lilian Joseph Ben Schnetzer ... Young MIke Evans Vedette Lim ... Vera Ye Guming Yu ... Yang Weining Eve Ridley ... Follower Aidan Cheng ... Reg Deng Qiaozhi ... Lei Zhicheng Lan Xiya ... Tang Hongjing Benjamin Jia ... Lead Operator Josh Brener ... Kent Mark Gatiss ... Isaac Newton Reece Shearsmith ... Alan Turing Conleth Hill ... Pope Gregory XIII Jason Barnett ... Eugene Dustin Demri-Burns ... Ted4 Adam Silver ... Charles Em Thane ... Tech Lily Newmark ... Nora Hywel Morgan ... Selwyn Pugh Maryam Moshiri ... BBC Anchorwoman Naoko Mori ... Marie Curie Lainy Boyle ... Mother of Theo Jose Palma ... Roberto Minaree Jayasena ... One Earth Volunteer Avital Lvova ... Ramanujan Jarlan Bogolubov ... Theo Sagar Arya ... One Earth Official Bobak Ferdowsi ... Mission Director Lucy Russell ... Sally Jenson Cheng ... Kublai Khan Jason Forbes ... Omar Khayyam Mitya Savelau ... Dr. Peter Demikhov Sun Yan ... Commander Song Richard James-Neale ... Soldier Tom Wu ... Count of the West Phil Wang ... Aristotle Stacy Abalogun ... Thelma Yang Hewen ... Bai Mulin Sarah Malin ... Doctor Clem Cheung ... General Hou Bolin Jim Howick ... Harry Perry Yung ... Ye Zhetai Adrian Greensmith ... Galileo Russell Yuen ... Emperor Zhou Edmund Kingsley ... Jeremiah Salem Hadeed ... Leyla Ariç Jake Tapper ... Jake Tapper Florence Bell ... Roxanne Fengxu Li ... Shao Lin Series Producers include Rian Johnson ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Qi Lin ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Cixin Liu ... consulting producer (8 episodes, 2024) Lauren Ma ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Rosamund Pike ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Brad Pitt ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Jilong Cedric Zhao ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Ken Liu ... consulting producer (7 episodes, 2024) Series Music by Ramin Djawadi ... (8 episodes, 2024)
Podcast hosts Bubba & Catfish prove they're not rocket scientists breaking down the first 4 episodes of 3 BODY PROBLEM: Netflix's adaptation of Cixin Liu's THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM by the Game of Thrones creators. A fateful decision made in 1960s China reverberates in the present, where a group of scientists partner with a detective to confront an existential planetary threat. Episode 1 Countdown: Unsettling events put a group of brilliant friends on edge as a mystery unravels with origins tracing back to China during the Cultural Revolution. Episode 2 Red Coast Auggie's countdown jeopardizes her nanotech work. Jin becomes engrossed in an otherworldly VR game. Ye Wenjie follows through on a radical idea. Episode 3 Destroyer of Worlds Obsessed with their virtual reality quest, Jin and Jack race to solve a complex riddle but advancing to the next level brings harrowing consequences. Episode 4 Our Lord Jin seeks justice after a death rattles the group. Investigators learn of an extremist group devoted to an otherworldly entity ahead of a major summit. Directed by Derek Tsang Andrew Stanton Minkie Spiro Series Writing Credits David Benioff ... (series created by) (8 episodes, 2024) Rose Cartwright ... (story editor) (8 episodes, 2024) Cixin Liu ... (based on the books by) (8 episodes, 2024) Madhuri Shekar ... (story editor) (8 episodes, 2024) D.B. Weiss ... (series created by) (8 episodes, 2024) Alexander Woo ... (series created by) (8 episodes, 2024) Series Cast Jovan Adepo ... Saul Durand Liam Cunningham ... Thomas Wade Eiza González ... Auggie Salazar Jess Hong ... Jin Cheng Benedict Wong ... Da Shi Marlo Kelly ... Tatiana Alex Sharp ... Will Downing Sea Shimooka ... Sophon Rosalind Chao ... Ye Wenjie Saamer Usmani ... Raj Varma Jonathan Pryce ... Mike Evans Gerard Monaco ... Collins John Bradley ... Jack Rooney Zine Tseng ... Young Ye Wenjie John Dagleish ... Felix Hélène Viviès ... Lecompte Stephen Rahman Hughes ... Anwar Suleiman Adrian Edmondson ... Denys Porlock Bea Svistunenko ... Laeticia Bilal Hasna ... Edgar CCH Pounder ... Secretary General Lilian Joseph Ben Schnetzer ... Young MIke Evans Vedette Lim ... Vera Ye Guming Yu ... Yang Weining Eve Ridley ... Follower Aidan Cheng ... Reg Deng Qiaozhi ... Lei Zhicheng Lan Xiya ... Tang Hongjing Benjamin Jia ... Lead Operator Josh Brener ... Kent Mark Gatiss ... Isaac Newton Reece Shearsmith ... Alan Turing Conleth Hill ... Pope Gregory XIII Jason Barnett ... Eugene Dustin Demri-Burns ... Ted4 Adam Silver ... Charles Em Thane ... Tech Lily Newmark ... Nora Hywel Morgan ... Selwyn Pugh Maryam Moshiri ... BBC Anchorwoman Naoko Mori ... Marie Curie Lainy Boyle ... Mother of Theo Jose Palma ... Roberto Minaree Jayasena ... One Earth Volunteer Avital Lvova ... Ramanujan Jarlan Bogolubov ... Theo Sagar Arya ... One Earth Official Bobak Ferdowsi ... Mission Director Lucy Russell ... Sally Jenson Cheng ... Kublai Khan Jason Forbes ... Omar Khayyam Mitya Savelau ... Dr. Peter Demikhov Sun Yan ... Commander Song Richard James-Neale ... Soldier Tom Wu ... Count of the West Phil Wang ... Aristotle Stacy Abalogun ... Thelma Yang Hewen ... Bai Mulin Sarah Malin ... Doctor Clem Cheung ... General Hou Bolin Jim Howick ... Harry Perry Yung ... Ye Zhetai Adrian Greensmith ... Galileo Russell Yuen ... Emperor Zhou Edmund Kingsley ... Jeremiah Salem Hadeed ... Leyla Ariç Jake Tapper ... Jake Tapper Florence Bell ... Roxanne Fengxu Li ... Shao Lin Series Producers include Rian Johnson ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Qi Lin ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Cixin Liu ... consulting producer (8 episodes, 2024) Lauren Ma ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Rosamund Pike ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Brad Pitt ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Jilong Cedric Zhao ... executive producer (8 episodes, 2024) Ken Liu ... consulting producer (7 episodes, 2024) Series Music by Ramin Djawadi ... (8 episodes, 2024)
Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether you're new to the show or a long-time listener, I'm so glad you're here for today's edition of “Highly Recommended.” Today, let's talk Ken Liu's short story, “The Paper Menagerie,” one of the best I've ever read. “The Paper Menagerie” might also be the only scifi short story I've ever read. Did you know it won the Hugo award, the Nebula award, and the World Fantasy Award? It can bring a new genre to your short story unit, add a layer to a scifi unit, or fit right in with any unit on coming of age or the American dream, and it's available in full text on the Gizmodo website if you aren't able to get Liu's book right now. I just read it again and as usual, it had me crying. It's both the story of a boy and of his mother, how they understand each other and how they don't. She comes from China, speaking no English, to marry and together they have a baby. As the baby grows, his mother makes him beautiful Origami animals that come to life for him. He loves these animals, and sees little point in the plastic toys of others. But one day he makes friends with a neighbor and realizes that he, and his animals, are different. So begins a journey in which he leaves his animals, and his mother, behind in his wish to fit in more as an American. I won't spoil the ending for you, but years later he discovers his mother's story written into the pages of the paper animals, and he has it translated aloud to him, leaving the reader with a powerful and heart-wrenching ending. This story is powerful, painful, lovely, and literary. This week, I highly recommend you follow the link in the show notes and read it for yourself, because I really think you're going to want to use it in class. The Lighthouse $1 Trial is Open until the end of Friday, March 22nd: https://sparkcreativity.kartra.com/page/springopen Read the Full Text of Ken Liu's "The Paper Menagerie": https://gizmodo.com/read-ken-lius-amazing-story-that-swept-the-hugo-nebula-5958919 Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend, snagging a screenshot to share on the ‘gram, or tapping those ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to help others discover the show. Thank you!
Two historical novels with elements of fantasy and folklore will bring readers from the battlefields of World War One to the last years of the Qing Dynasty in China. Katherine Arden's The Warm Hands of Ghosts shows the terrors of war and the unsettling and fantastical things that can appear in its shadow. Arden joins us to talk about her extensive research, classical allusions in her writing and more with guest host, Jenna Seery. The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo bridges the mystical and the familiar with an expansive story featuring a detective and mysterious and sly (yet alluring) fox spirits. Choo talked with us about writing in this setting, cultural influences on her work, connections to nature and more with host, Miwa Messer. We end this episode with a TBR Topoff from booksellers, Marc and Mary. Featured Books (Episode): The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Paradise Lost by John Milton The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng Featured Books (TBR Topoff): The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode!I can't believe that it's the end of the series, and I also can't believe that Ken Liu managed to tie off such a sweeping, massive story off in a satisfying way. I'm really delighted with the ending, and I'm so glad that I got to experience this series. Thank you all so much for listening, and I hope you enjoyed the ride!
In this episode, Ada and Jo discuss the merits of good pacing across a range of story lengths with Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Ken Liu.
We kick off our intergenerational discussion of the movies with the one that started it all - Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope!Bonus content: "Stories in the Sand," by Griffin McElroy (yes, THAT Griffin, of My Brother, My Brother, and Me and other McElroy fame).Note: We recorded an earlier episode on ranking the movies, which had some technical difficulties, but will be coming soon. It will include bonus content of the story we skipped, "The Sith of Datawork" by Ken Liu. We've started the conversation. Now we want to hear from you!Want to continue the discussion with us? Agree or disagree with what we talked about, or add your own thoughts? We've got options for you!Discord: Join in the conversation about this podcast, my other podcast Superhero Ethics, as well as the rest of the TruStory.FM PodcastEmail: ✉️ swg@theethicalpanda.com
#bengal #folklore In this story, we learn about how Rakshasas and Rakshasis can be killed. We also learn a lot about two brothers, who are briefly separated, but then come back together when love is on the line. Enjoy! Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: lalon video song 2017 kustia !! supper hit video song !! Sound Effects: Rambuttri Morning by Dustin Steichmann Podcast Shoutout: Levar Burton Reads- The best short fiction, handpicked by the best voice in podcasting and presented in 3D immersive audio. In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) invites you to take a break from your daily life, and dive into a great story. LeVar's narration blends with gorgeous soundscapes to bring stories by Stephen King, Toni Morrison, Nnedi Okorafor, Kurt Vonnegut, Ken Liu and more to life. So, if you're ready, let's take a deep breath... Listener Shoutout: Republika Srpska Video by Headliner Picture Credit: "Maricha makes a throat slitting gesture (Prambanan Ramayana Ballet)" by thaths is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sandman-stories/message
Sad news for all of us: producer Rachael Cusick— who brought us soul-stirring stories rethinking grief (https://zpr.io/GZ6xEvpzsbHU) and solitude (https://zpr.io/eT5tAX6JtYra), as well as colorful musings on airplane farts (https://zpr.io/CNpgUijZiuZ4) and belly flops (https://zpr.io/uZrEz27z63CB) and Blueberry Earths (https://zpr.io/EzxgtdTRGVzz)— is leaving the show. So we thought it perfect timing to sit down with her and revisit another brainchild of hers, The Cataclysm Sentence, a collection of advice for The End. To explain: one day in 1961, the famous physicist Richard Feynman stepped in front of a Caltech lecture hall and posed this question to a group of undergraduate students: “If, in some cataclysm, all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence was passed on to the next generation of creatures, what statement would contain the most information in the fewest words?” Now, Feynman had an answer to his own question—a good one. But his question got the entire team at Radiolab wondering, what did his sentence leave out? So we posed Feynman's cataclysm question to some of our favorite writers, artists, historians, futurists—all kinds of great thinkers. We asked them “What's the one sentence you would want to pass on to the next generation that would contain the most information in the fewest words?” What came back was an explosive collage of what it means to be alive right here and now, and what we want to say before we go. Featuring: Richard Feynman, physicist - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (https://zpr.io/5KngTGibPVDw) Caitlin Doughty, mortician - Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs (https://zpr.io/Wn4bQgHzDRDB) Esperanza Spalding, musician - 12 Little Spells (https://zpr.io/KMjYrkwrz9dy) Cord Jefferson, writer - Watchmen (https://zpr.io/ruqKDQGy5Rv8) Merrill Garbus, musician - I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life (https://zpr.io/HmrqFX8RKuFq) Jenny Odell, writer - How to do Nothing (https://zpr.io/JrUHu8dviFqc) Maria Popova, writer - Brainpickings (https://zpr.io/vsHXphrqbHiN) Alison Gopnik, developmental psychologist - The Gardener and the Carpenter (https://zpr.io/ewtJpUYxpYqh) Rebecca Sugar, animator - Steven Universe (https://zpr.io/KTtSrdsBtXB7) Nicholson Baker, writer - Substitute (https://zpr.io/QAh2d7J9QJf2) James Gleick, writer - Time Travel (https://zpr.io/9CWX9q3KmZj8) Lady Pink, artist - too many amazing works to pick just one (https://zpr.io/FkJh6edDBgRL) Jenny Hollwell, writer - Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe (https://zpr.io/MjP5UJb3mMYP) Jaron Lanier, futurist - Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (https://zpr.io/bxWiHLhPyuEK) Missy Mazzoli, composer - Proving Up (https://zpr.io/hTwGcHGk93Ty) Special Thanks to: Ella Frances Sanders, and her book, "Eating the Sun" (https://zpr.io/KSX6DruwRaYL), for inspiring this whole episode. Caltech for letting us use original audio of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. The entirety of the lectures are available to read for free online at www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.All the musicians who helped make the Primordial Chord, including: Siavash Kamkar (https://zpr.io/2ZT46XsMRdhg), from Iran Koosha Pashangpour (https://zpr.io/etWDXuCctrzE), from Iran Curtis MacDonald (https://zpr.io/HQ8uskA44BUh), from Canada Meade Bernard (https://zpr.io/gbxDPPzHFvme), from US Barnaby Rea (https://zpr.io/9ULsQh5iGUPa), from UK Liav Kerbel (https://zpr.io/BA4DBwMhwZDU), from Belgium Sam Crittenden (https://zpr.io/EtQZmAk2XrCQ), from US Saskia Lankhoorn (https://zpr.io/YiH6QWJreR7p), from Netherlands Bryan Harris (https://zpr.io/HMiyy2TGcuwE), from US Amelia Watkins (https://zpr.io/6pWEw3y754me), from Canada Claire James (https://zpr.io/HFpHTUwkQ2ss), from US Ilario Morciano (https://zpr.io/zXvM7cvnLHW6), from Italy Matthias Kowalczyk, from Germany (https://zpr.io/ANkRQMp6NtHR) Solmaz Badri (https://zpr.io/MQ5VAaKieuyN), from IranAll the wonderful people we interviewed for sentences but weren't able to fit in this episode, including: Daniel Abrahm, Julia Alvarez, Aimee Bender, Sandra Cisneros, Stanley Chen, Lewis Dartnell, Ann Druyan, Rose Eveleth, Ty Frank, Julia Galef, Ross Gay, Gary Green, Cesar Harada, Dolores Huerta, Robin Hunicke, Brittany Kamai, Priya Krishna, Ken Liu, Carmen Maria Machado, James Martin, Judith Matloff, Ryan McMahon, Hasan Minhaj, Lorrie Moore, Priya Natarajan, Larry Owens, Sunni Patterson, Amy Pearl, Alison Roman, Domee Shi, Will Shortz, Sam Stein, Sohaib Sultan, Kara Swisher, Jill Tarter, Olive Watkins, Reggie Watts, Deborah Waxman, Alex Wellerstein, Caveh Zahedi.EPISODE CREDITS Reported by - Rachael Cusick (https://www.rachaelcusick.com/)Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. 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