Ken Liu Quotes

United States, Writer
1976

Ken Liu (born 1976) is a Chinese-born American science-fiction and fantasy writer and translator of science fiction and literary stories from Chinese into English. His short stories have appeared in F&SF, Asimov's, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, and multiple "Year's Best" anthologies.

Most of us do not, in fact, read another language, and so when we read a translation, we have no way of knowing what has been changed or added.

Ken Liu
I write speculative fiction, and in my view, speculative fiction is really just a very intense version of the work of literature in general.

Ken Liu
- Work
- Literature

The way that China has been described in Western narratives makes it hard to tell a story that will escape the stereotypes and allow people to perceive it fresh.

Ken Liu
- People
I find most 'rules' about how to write a 'good story' confining, and I enjoy writing stories that don't look like stories at all on the surface.

Ken Liu
- Good
- Writing