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The hidden girl is a collection of short stories most of which are sciencefiction that dwell on themes of artificial intelligence the transmittance of culture over time memes global warming and climate change and at its most fundamental level what it means to be human

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Do not read this book if you are easily upset and are looking for something uplifting as i left the hidden girl feeling pretty bummed and in need of a hug

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Im definitely interested in reading more of lius work and liked the focus that he put on having strong and intelligent women in these stories many of them being of asian and more specifically chinese descent

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Ghost days ☆☆☆½this is a poignant story about an alien colonist who ends up taking solace in the multigenerational saga of a chinese familys dealings with xenophobic white people as well as their struggle with dual cultural identities

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Maxwells demon ☆☆☆☆this is a story set during wwii about a woman of okinawan descent who is taken from an internment camp and forced to renounce her citizenship so she can be deported back to japan as a spy for the americans

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Working in a physics lab she ends up being the assistant and lover to a scientist developing a weapon that runs on a type of magic forcing takako to make a choice about what it easy versus what is right and which country she should choose to be loyal to when both are wrong

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The reborn ☆☆☆☆this is a chilling story that occurs in the aftermath of first contact

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Thoughts and prayers ☆☆☆☆this is a multipov story exploring how a mass shooting affects the members of the victims family including the pov of a troll who is determined to see that the family suffers