Ken Liu
Person on 3 sites
Science fiction and fantasy author of The Paper Menagerie and the Dandelion Dynasty series; also a programmer and lawyer.
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
Updated 2026-10-24 -
8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Science fiction writers are not very good at predicting the future. (opens korrents.com)
“science fiction writers are not very good at predicting the future (either positive or negative). I don’t think science fiction has much to do with the future, at all.”
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Art should not need an instrumental justification. (opens korrents.com)
“However, I don’t find this answer particularly convincing. Besides my constitutional aversion to any instrumentalist justification for art”
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After all the investment and hype, AI assistants still have to be begged not to be lazy. (opens korrents.com)
“With all that investment and theft and hype, we’ve built these machines that are supposed to bring about the next Industrial Revolution, and now we have to beg them not to be lazy.”
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Science fiction writers are not very good at predicting the future. (opens korrents.com)
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6 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Scrivener (opens rcmnd.app)
“I use Scrivener to draft my novels. Since these novels regularly go over 300 thousand words and take multiple years to write, Scrivener's organization capabilities have been really helpful. It also syncs seamlessly…”
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Ulysses (opens rcmnd.app)
“For short stories and nonfiction, I use Ulysses. I find the distraction-free interface conducive for focus.”
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Vim (opens rcmnd.app)
“For general text editing, nothing quite beats vim.”
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Scrivener (opens rcmnd.app)