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Timekeepers' Symphony by Ken Liu (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine

Fiction, Science Fiction

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This episode features "Timekeepers' Symphony" written by Ken Liu. Published in the September 2022 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_09_22 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

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You are listening to a Clark's World magazine podcast with your host and narrator, Kate Baker.

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Greetings, Clark's World Citizens. I hope this podcast finds you extraordinarily well.

0:09.2

It's our sixth story for the month of September 2022, issue 192.

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I am Kate underscore Baker and Neil is at Clark's World.

0:24.8

And once again, thank you so much for your ongoing support of the magazine,

0:29.0

whether you're telling a friend about a story that you like, whether you're subscribing

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or whether you are going to patreon.com forward slash Clark's World to donate a dollar or more

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a month. We thank you for your ongoing support. We cannot do this without you.

0:45.0

So our story is titled Time Keepers Symphony and is by Ken Liu. Ken Liu, who can be found at the

0:52.4

website KenLiu.name. Ken Liu is an American author of Speculative Fiction, a winner of the

0:58.6

Nebula Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. He wrote The Dandelion Dynasty, a silk punk epic fantasy

1:05.1

series, starting with The Grace of Kings, as well as short story collections, the paper

1:10.4

minasery and other stories, and the hidden girl in other stories. He also penned the Star Wars novel

1:16.4

The Legends of Luke Skywalker. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Liu worked as a software

1:22.0

engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. Liu frequently speaks at conferences and

1:27.4

universities on a variety of topics, including futurism, cryptocurrency, history of technology,

1:34.0

bookmaking, narrative futures, and the mathematics of origami. Ken has also done a ton of translations

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for us here at Clark's World, so be on the lookout for those as well. So my dear listener,

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I hope you can sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

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To keep time, you must first invent it. One, flicker, a piacere,

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time travels in diverse paces with diverse persons. I'll tell you who time ambles with all,

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