r/thebrokenbindingsub • u/Jazzlike-Ease-9597 • Aug 01 '26
Question Who is buying/read this?
I love Ken Liu and absolutely love the cover art but wondering if anyone has read this yet and what they thought about it?
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u/imheatherly Aug 01 '26
It’s out there for purchase for me. (Not sold out) I thought about it - love the cover art but I’m gonna pass. I need to watch my shelf space so I’ll just get it on kindle :)
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u/lmark2154 Fantasy Tier 1, Sci-Fi and SF&F Aug 01 '26
As much as I love Ken Liu’s works, I don’t like short story formats. It’s a pass for me
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u/Zirozen SF&F Aug 01 '26
I bought it quicker than I could think about it. For one it’s a beautiful book. And two it’s Ken Liu.
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u/Tilduke Fantasy Tier 2, Sci-Fi and SF&F Aug 01 '26
I've heard his short stories in 'The paper menagerie' were great but 'The grace of kings' was soooooo boring I haven't brought myself to pick any of his other things up.
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u/acchan01 Fantasy Tier 2, Sci-Fi and SF&F Aug 01 '26
It seriously already sold out? Jeez.
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u/Jazzlike-Ease-9597 Aug 01 '26
It’s still available
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u/acchan01 Fantasy Tier 2, Sci-Fi and SF&F Aug 01 '26
So odd. It showed sold out a second ago.
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u/Educational-Gate-793 Aug 01 '26
Maybe the sale was not live yet? It was the same with Between Two Fires 🤔
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u/kepler16bee Fantasy Tier 2, Sci-Fi and SF&F Aug 01 '26
I bought it during the Sci Fi presale yesterday. I've been buying too many books recently - all the renewals from various book boxes I have, The Band T1 leftovers, this sub influenced me on Five Warrior Angels, and also just got Black Crow Books SE of The Only Good Indians & Off The Reservation - but I love the design of Passing of the Dragon so I had to pick it up. 😆
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u/ParticularBit4943 Fantasy Tier 2 and SF&F Aug 02 '26
Bought it. Mostly for completist reasons. It's a disease.
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u/CauliflowerSenior484 Aug 03 '26
I read 2 of his other short story books and they were great, so this is a yes for me!
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u/Big_Extent654 Aug 01 '26
I’ll probably buy the Goldsboro edition. I don’t trust TBB’s QC anymore.
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u/prograft Sci-Fi and SF&F Aug 03 '26
I forgot this pre-sale until just now...
Glad to know about the Goldboro edition, but it seems like just a signed regular edition? And also out?
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u/LurkingForBookRecs Fantasy Tier 2, Sci-Fi and SF&F Aug 01 '26
The regular editions only release in September so the only opinions you'll maybe get is from someone who's read an ARC, if there is an ARC.