Calling All Readers: Book Club (1/3) - The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

Welcome to Calling All Readers Book Club!
Week by week, we'll discuss sections of the book we were assigned as a group to read. Our book club is described as "episodic" since we do not read as a group, instead we read on our private time the sections we were assigned to read, and the following week we have an open discussion. We'll note theories, questions, concerns and predictions, until we reach the end.

About the book- Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his multiple award-winning stories for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume.
With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories. This mesmerizing collection features many of Ken’s award-winning and award-finalist stories, including: “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” (Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards), “Mono No Aware” (Hugo Award winner), “The Waves” (Nebula Award finalist), “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” (Nebula and Sturgeon Award finalists), “All the Flavors” (Nebula Award finalist), “The Litigation Master and the Monkey King” (Nebula Award finalist), and the most awarded story in the genre’s history, “The Paper Menagerie” (The only story to win the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards).
Insightful and stunning stories that plumb the struggle against history and betrayal of relationships in pivotal moments, this collection showcases one of our greatest and original voices.

Meeting ID: 829 3177 3562

Schedule:
Here are the stories due. Since there are 15 stories in total, we will read five stories each week.

Week 1 -
The bookmaking habits of select species
Strategy change
The perfect match
Good hunting
The literomancer

Week 2 -
Simulacrum
The regular
The paper menagerie
An advanced readers' picture book of comparative cognition.
The waves

Week 3 -
Mono no aware
All the flavors
A brief history of the trans-pacific tunnel
The litigation master and the monkey king
The man who ended history: A documentary

Page count: 450 pages
Price: $11.49 Paperback
Genre: Short Stories, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction

Where to purchase:
https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Menagerie-Other-Stories/dp/148142436X

About the Author:
Ken Lui is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards for his fiction, he has also won top genre honors abroad in Japan, Spain, and France.

Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Liu worked as a software engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. He frequently speaks at conferences and universities on a variety of topics, including futurism, machine-augmented creativity, history of technology, bookmaking, and the mathematics of origami.

Things to note:
1. This book was voted on by fellow readers of Calling All Readers.
2. Before each meeting, make sure you've read the assigned pages.
3. The author is always notified that our group is reading the book. We'll try to connect with them for an interview.
4. It's okay if you arrive late.