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I love reading Ken Liu. He is an amazing short story writer. You always finish wishing for more because it was written so well, but you never finish feeling like you missed out on something.

In this version of Earth, we have been visited by aliens who have the ability to erase your memories, even very specific ones. They believe within each of us is many different people. A criminal may also be a loving parent and hard worker, but a part of them feels the need to steal. The aliens use their ability to wipe out the memories of the criminal past, only leaving the good parent and worker behind.

It was fun to read and I recommend it for any science fiction/alien readers out there. 32
A tale of brutal conquerors remade into beneficent leaders through the power of forgetting. It’s a skill they forcefully share to remake a better world, but humans find memories, especially painful memories, hard to let go. All in all, it was an excellent episode of The Outer Limits. Reborn (The Anderson Project, #1) Excellent SF, with a strong atmosphere and an impressive manner to tell things without saying them. The story in itself is quite sad, desperate even, but not gratuitously: behind the SF themes, other ones are broached with a lot a sensibility : sexual and psychological abuses, identity and memory, what is worth to die for. An unforgettable read for me. English Gracias a Marcheto podemos leer en su blog este relato de Ken Liu traducido al español. Es un relato muy interesante que, tomando una ilustración como referencia, crea una historia psicológica donde una civilización alienígena ha tomado el control de los humanos.
Por cierto, gran labor de Marcheto traduciendo esta raza al género neutro. English Just because something is true doesn't mean you stopped struggling.

A very short tale of--well, rebirth. You humans think you are what you've done. But you're really what you remember. Compact. Well-told. Soft extraterrestrial porn. Ewww. Layers within layers.

To forget is a far greater sin than to remember too well.

I liked it. 32

First story in this project, based on Richard Anderson’s illustration, it’s an outstanding complex story about who we are, about the memories which define us as unique individuals.

Some questions are being raised: can we still be ourselves if our memories, being them good or bad, are lost? Are we defined by our memories? And the most controversial one: if memories of an evil deed are erased, will that person become innocent?

It can be read here: http://www.tor.com/2014/01/29/reborn-...
32 I have wanted to read some of Ken Liu’s work for a while, having heard a lot of good about him. I grok Tor.com, being the coolest thing since the ansible, and so I was able to find his 2014 short story “Reborn”, a part of “The Anderson Project” series of stories.

Being inspired by an illustration from artist Richard Anderson, this is also similar in theme and design to the 1988 film Alien Nation directed by Graham Baker and starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin.

Liu goes one step further though as the aliens are in control and humans get to live and work beside the conquerors. Liu throws in some more very surprising and entertaining twists to this idea and his story flows along some unexpected paths.

Entertaining and thought provoking this will not be my only visit with Ken Liu’s writing.

Ken Liu What defines a person’s nature/true self? His/her memories, his/her actions? If your memories would be taken away, would you be a completely different person? Can a bad person - a criminal - be absolved of evil by erasing the bad memories?

You humans think you are what you've done. But you're really what you remember.

Very interesting story!

p.s. It got me thinking a little about Bester’s The Demolished Man


As a general conclusion, excellent short stories in this project, BRAVO!
Made me curious to also check the ones in Palencar :) ebook Racconto che parla di memoria. Per Ken Liu essa è parte essenziale della nostra identità. Rimuovendone una zona, diventiamo persone diverse; eppure, nulla si può mai sovrascrivere davvero. La memoria è lì da qualche parte. Allora, chi siamo noi?

Leggermente straniante che, in questa storia, gli xenofobi siano i buoni. La questione di fondo mi ha fatto pensare a una metafora sulle generazioni che discendono dagli oppressori âˆ' nazisti, guerrafondai o colonialisti che siano âˆ', intere società che vivono sulla conseguenza delle colpe terribili dei padri, ma senza pensarsi responsabili: hanno ragione, o hanno torto? Forse c'è questo di disturbante, in Rinascita: Ken Liu li dipinge nel torto brutale, ma in fondo quegli alieni siamo noi. 32 A classic alien abduction story complete with memory alteration set a against a police procedural plot. Loved the twist at the end ;) can't wait to read the next 2 installations! ebook

Please enjoy “Reborn,” by Ken Liu, a novelette inspired by an illustration from Richard Anderson.

“Reborn” is part of a three-story series curated by senior Tor Books editor David G. Hartwell. All three are based on a singular piece of art by Richard Anderson. Reborn (The Anderson Project, #1)