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The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species

Ken Liu

First published August 2012
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

"The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species is a short story by Ken Liu that compares and contrasts five fictional alien species' unique styles of reading and writing." (Wikipedia)

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2013 Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist
2013 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist
2013 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Nominee/Finalist
2013 WSFA Small Press Award WSFA Small Press Award Nominee/Finalist

Publications (11)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 2012 Lightspeed, August 2012 Lightspeed Magazine MAGAZINE |8
August 2012 Lightspeed Podcast, August 2012 Lightspeed Magazine MAGAZINE |1
June 2013 Aliens: Recent Encounters Prime Books Anthology 18
May 2014 Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 Pyr Anthology 199
March 2016 The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Saga Press Collection 1
March 2016 The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Saga Press Collection |2
March 2016 The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Simon & Schuster Audio Collection |2
March 2016 The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Head of Zeus Collection 1
March 2016 The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Head of Zeus Collection
September 2016 The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Head of Zeus Collection
October 2016 The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Saga Press Collection