An Evening with Ken Liu

Great Authors at the Library

Join us for an evening with award-winning author Ken Liu.

Ken Liu is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, he wrote The Dandelion Dynasty, a silkpunk epic fantasy series (starting with The Grace of Kings), as well as short story collections The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories. He also penned the Star Wars novel The Legends of Luke Skywalker.

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"Crafting Time: Art in the Age of AI": What can the printing press and the camera teach us about the future of art? Drawing from history and his own research, author and futurist Ken Liu explains how time is intimately connected with our understanding of artistic craft and offers a new way to think about human art in the face of advancing AI.
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Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Liu worked as a software engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. Liu 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.

Ken Liu books at the library »

Listen to LeVar Burton read Ken Liu's short story "The Paper Menagerie" »

Ken Liu's website: kenliu.name

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Both the Main Library and Douglass Branch will close at 5 pm to prepare. Doors will open at 6:30 pm at the Main Library.

Books will be available for purchase and a book signing will follow Ken Liu's presentation.

Made possible with support from the Library Foundation. Part of the Great Authors at the Library series.

Photo © Lisa Tang Liu.

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**We are also hosting a special gathering of the Cover-to-Cover Book Club to discuss The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu, on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 1:30 pm.

Adults | Presentation, Discussion, Author Visit

Main Library

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