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Interview with Ken Liu - author of the Paper Menagerie!
Interview with Ken Liu - author of the Paper Menagerie!
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Sep 27, 2022
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Podcast episode
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This week we are so excited to interview Ken Liu! All of his writing and translation work is excellent, but if you haven't read his short story collection The Paper Menagerie we recommend you start there, it's full of incredibly memorable stories.We talked with Ken about:Growing up in both China and AmericaRobo-Ken - the neural network he built to help write a storyThe singularity and uploading your consciousnessHis background as a programmer and lawyerThe importance of family in his storiesThe meaning of silkpunk and his series The Dandelion DynastyWe'll be releasing more bonus content from the Hugo Awards on YouTube over the next week - check those out on our YouTube channel if you haven't already subscribed!Next episode we'll be discussing Peter Watt's Blindsight - look forward to talking with y'all then. Happy reading everybody!
Released:
Sep 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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