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vang_glorious 's review for:
The Paper Menagerie
by Ken Liu
Sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
The Paper Menagerie, though, is sharper still. I've never been so devastated and it is undoubtedly the best thing I've read this year.
It's about a half-Chinese boy named Jack in America, who comes to hate the Chinese part of him--leading him to reject his Chinese mother. Yeah, it's that kind of story and is as heartwrenching as you think it is. And yeah, you should read it.
Ken Liu's much lauded story first came to my attention when it swept the Hugo, Nebula, and the World Fantasy Award. I was intrigued but I thought it couldn't possibly live up to that kind of reputation. So, I'm ashamed to say, it sat with the rest of my Magazines of Fantasy and Science Fiction, unread, and that has been entirely my loss. It more than deserves its renown. Don't make my mistake, click on the io9 url and read The Paper Menagerie. Or listen to the LeVar Burton narration. Now.
The Paper Menagerie, though, is sharper still. I've never been so devastated and it is undoubtedly the best thing I've read this year.
It's about a half-Chinese boy named Jack in America, who comes to hate the Chinese part of him--leading him to reject his Chinese mother. Yeah, it's that kind of story and is as heartwrenching as you think it is. And yeah, you should read it.
Ken Liu's much lauded story first came to my attention when it swept the Hugo, Nebula, and the World Fantasy Award. I was intrigued but I thought it couldn't possibly live up to that kind of reputation. So, I'm ashamed to say, it sat with the rest of my Magazines of Fantasy and Science Fiction, unread, and that has been entirely my loss. It more than deserves its renown. Don't make my mistake, click on the io9 url and read The Paper Menagerie. Or listen to the LeVar Burton narration. Now.