Literature Science Alliance | Science Behind the Magic Episode One: Ken Liu || Interview with Ken Liu [CC] @LiteratureScienceAlliance | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
For those who are spoiler sensitive like me I have listed down when we discuss world building and themes that could be considered spoilery for the Dandelion Dynasty in the time stamps below for you to make your own judgement calls.

Should you read video - youtu.be/Bh4mDZOwubM

00:00 Introduction
04:09 Discussions on stories in The Hidden Girl
14:58 Discussions on stories in The Paper Menagerie
25:24 Begin Discussion on Dandelion Dynasty
27:42 What didn't you get to create for Dandelion Dynasty?
In this section we vaguely refer to ending events. Although no characters are named or specific events discussed, you will get the tone of how the series ends
36:45 Geeking out about the logogram reader
This machine is invented in Speaking Bones but we do not discuss the context of it within the series, just how cool it is
37:39 Examples of logograms
38:55 What machine was difficult to model.
We talk about a device that appears in Speaking Bones but not how it was used
40:43 Start of discussion on animals and sentience
44:10 Start of discussion of fantastical creature that we do not encounter till Wall of Storms
48:02 How Ken Liu creates cultures for books
We do reference a culture that is not introduced 'till Wall of Storms
54:53 No spoiler discussion on genre boxes and the Dandelion Dynasty
58:49 Ken Liu's take on science-fiction as a genre

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