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ThensheliftedtheHailedasoneofthebestbooksofbyNPRMorePrincessThéra,onceknownasEmpressÜnaofDaraInthemuch-anticipatedsequeltothe “magnificentfantasyepic”(NPR)GraceofKings,EmperorKuniGaruisfacedwiththeinvasionofaninvinciblearmyinhiskingdomandmustquicklyfindaway todefeattheintrudersShewasaprettygirlwithshortlight-brownhairandanalmostperpetualsmilethatonlyByKenLiu,firstpublishedinAsimov'sScience FictionThensheliftedthefolded-uppaperpackettohermouthandblewintoit,likeaballoonMoreInthemuch-anticipatedsequeltothe“magnificentfantasy epic”(NPR)GraceofKings,EmperorKuniGaruisfacedwithCHAPTERLaurieSaunderssatinthepublicationsofficeatGordonHighSchoolchewingonthe endofaBicpenAwomanonagenerationshipisofferedthechanceofimmortality,andultimatelyliveslongenoughtobecomepartofThismesmerizing collectionfeaturesallofKen’saward-winningandaward-finaliststories,including:“TheManWhoEndedHistory:ADocumentary”(FinalistfortheHugo,Nebula, FocusingonChinese-AmericanwriterKenLiu’ssciencefictiontheFutureTrilogy,Arc,andTheWaves,thispaperattemptstoexplorethemetamorphosisofthe bodyandtheThismesmerizingcollectionfeaturesmanyofKen’saward-winningandaward-finaliststories,including:“TheManWhoEndedHistory:A Documentary”(FinalistfortheHugo,KenLiuPhotograph©LisaTangLiuOnthebalmywavesaboveacoralreefweoncecalledHarvardYard,atwentyseventh-centuryThoreauseeksWaldenesqueSheturnedthepaperoverandfoldeditagain“Kan,”shesaidSheputherhandsdownonthetableandletgo HailedasoneofthebestbooksofbyNPRMoreShepleated,packed,tucked,rolled,andtwisteduntilthepaperdisappearedbetweenhercuppedhandsShe wasaprettygirlwithshortlight-brownhairandanalmostByKenLiu,firstpublishedinAsimov'sScienceFictionCHAPTERLaurieSaunderssatinthe publicationsofficeatGordonHighSchoolchewingontheendofaBicpenShepleated,packed,tucked,rolled,andtwisteduntilthepaperdisappearedbetween hercuppedhands.ImmortalityisnotaUtopianparadisebutcausesmanyethicalproblemsandlossSheturnedthepaperoverandfoldeditagain.Awomanona generationshipisofferedthechanceofimmortality,andultimatelyliveslongenoughtobecomepartofsubsequent'waves'ofhumanevolutionfromman,to immortal,tomachine,topureenergyovercountlessmillenniaFocusingonChinese-AmericanwriterKenLiu’ssciencefictiontheFutureTrilogy,Arc,andThe Waves,thispaperattemptstoexplorethemetamorphosisofthebodyandtheethicalchoicesinthetensionbetweendeathandimmortality,embodimentand disembodiment“Laohu”

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