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Title: The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species Title Record # 1476986
Author: Ken Liu
Date: 2012-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species is a short story by Ken Liu that compares and contrasts five fictional alien species' unique styles of reading and writing." (Wikipedia)
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), Books (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
2015Translated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
French
Le livre chez diverses espèces?Le livre chez diverses especes
2015Translated by 古沢嘉通(Furusawa Yoshimichi)
Japanese
選抜宇宙種族の本づくり習性?せんばつうちゅうしゅぞくのもとづくりしゅうせい
Senbatsu Uchū Shuzoku no Honzukuri Shūsei
Senbatsu Uchuu Shuzoku no Honzukuri Shuusei
[as by ]
2016Translated by Marcheto; first published on the blog Cuentos para Algernon.
Spanish Acerca de las costumbres de elaboración de libros en determinadas especies
2017Translated by Тодор Кенов (Todor Kenov)
Bulgarian [as by ]
2017Translated by María Pilar San Román
Spanish Acerca de las costumbres de elaboración de libros en determinadas especies
2019 Thai อุปนิสัยการทำหนังสือของสิ่งมีชีวิตบางชนิด
2020Translated by Євген Ширинос (Evgen Shirinos)
Ukrainian [as by
Кен Лю?Ken Lyu
]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Lightspeed Podcast, August 2012 2012-08-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Lightspeed Magazine  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag  
Lightspeed, August 2012 2012-08-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Lightspeed Magazine  
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag
Hrvoje Bešlić?Hrvoje Beslic
 
Aliens: Recent Encounters 2013-06-17 ed. Alex Dally MacFarlane Prime Books 978-1-60701-391-4
$15.95?$: US dollar
381
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth David Akbar Checkmark
Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 2014-05-20 ed. Kij Johnson Pyr 978-1-61614-901-7
$18.00?$: US dollar
301
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Raoul Vitale Checkmark
La ménagerie de papier 2015-04-02 Ken Liu
Le Bélial'?Le Belial'
978-2-84344-133-2
€23.00?€: Euro
438
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll
Aurélien Police?Aurelien Police
 
紙の動物園?かみのどうぶつえん
Kami no Dōbutsuen
Kami no Doubutsuen
2015-04-22
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
(
新☆ハヤカワ・SF・シリーズ?しん はやかわ えすえふ しりーず
Shin Hayakawa Esuefu Shiriizu
)
978-4-15-335020-5
¥2,052?¥: Japanese yen
413
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories 2016-03-08 Ken Liu Saga Press 978-1-4814-4254-1
$24.99?$: US dollar
x+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Quentin Trollip Checkmark
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories 2016-03-08 Ken Liu Saga Press 978-1-4814-2437-0
$12.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Quentin Trollip  
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories 2016-03-10 Ken Liu Head of Zeus 978-1-78497-567-8
£18.99?£: UK pound
ix+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Quentin Trollip Checkmark
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories 2016-03-10 Ken Liu Head of Zeus 978-1-78497-568-5
£14.99?£: UK pound
464
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Quentin Trollip  
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories 2016-09-08 Ken Liu Head of Zeus 978-1-78497-569-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
455
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories 2016-10-04 Ken Liu Saga Press 978-1-4814-2436-3
$15.99?$: US dollar
450
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Quentin Trollip  
Cuentos para Algernon: Año IV 2016-10-27 ed. Marcheto    
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
2017-00-00 978-619-708017-9
Lev 20.00?Lev: Bulgarian lev
510
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Quentin Trollip  
El zoo de papel y otros relatos 2017-04-06 Ken Liu Alianza Editorial (Runas) 978-84-9104-687-5
€25.50?€: Euro
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Quentin Trollip  
La ménagerie de papier?La menagerie de papier
2017-10-05 Ken Liu Gallimard (Folio SF #586) 978-2-07-079310-5
€8.30?€: Euro
512
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Manchu  
La ménagerie de papier?La menagerie de papier
2017-11-06 Ken Liu Gallimard (Folio SF #586) 978-2-07-079310-5   503
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Manchu  
La ménagerie de papier?La menagerie de papier
2017-12-28 Ken Liu Gallimard (Folio SF #586) 978-2-07-079310-5   503
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Manchu  
2019-03-00 Ken Liu SALT 978-616-93076-7-9
฿295?฿: Thai baht
264
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Rabbithood Studio  
2020-05-00
Кен Лю?Ken Lyu
BookChef 978-966-99326-0-0
hrn 220?hrn: Ukrainian hryvnia
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Quentin Trollip  
Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 date unknown ed. Kij Johnson Pyr 978-1-61614-901-7
$18.00?$: US dollar
301
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Raoul Vitale  
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories date unknown Ken Liu Saga Press 978-1-4814-4254-1
$24.99?$: US dollar
ix+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Quentin Trollip Checkmark
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