THE HIDDEN GIRL AND OTHER STORIES

This second short story collection by the awardwinning Chinese-american author and translator Ken Liu (The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, 2016) covers themes ranging from artificial intelligence to crypto-currency to internet trolling, forming the overarching question,

“What will humanity mean when technological singularity is achieved?” Like his last collection, there is no lack of Asian cultural influence in Liu’s work: The title story was inspired by Nie Yinniang, a character created by ninth century Chinese fantasy writer Pei Xing.