Ted Chiang
Kindle Edition | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.3 | 23546 Users | 3383 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Exhalation |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novelette for "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom" (2020), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella for "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" (2019), Locus Award Nominee for Best Novelette (2014), Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction (Ray Bradbury Prize) (2020), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2019) |
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An alternate cover edition for this book can be found here. From an award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story "The Story of Your Life" was the basis for the Academy Award-nominated movie Arrival), the long-awaited new collection of stunningly original, humane, and already celebrated short stories This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters. In " The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate ," a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and the temptation of second chances. In the epistolary " Exhalation ," an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications not just for his own people, but for all of reality. And in " The Lifecycle of Software Objects ," a woman cares for an artificial intelligence over twenty years, elevating a faddish digital pet into what might be a true living being. Also included are two brand-new stories: " Omphalos " and " Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom ." In this fantastical and elegant collection, Ted Chiang wrestles with the oldest questions on earth—What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human?—and ones that no one else has even imagined. And, each in its own way, the stories prove that complex and thoughtful science fiction can rise to new heights of beauty, meaning, and compassion.Declare Out Of Books Exhalation: Stories
| Title | : | Exhalation: Stories |
| Author | : | Ted Chiang |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | May 7th 2019 by Knopf |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy |
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Ratings: 4.3 From 23546 Users | 3383 ReviewsCrit Out Of Books Exhalation: Stories
If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.Nothing Erases the Past: "Exhalation: Stories" by Ted ChiangNothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.In The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted ChiangI could write a review for each one of the stories in this collection, but my favourite is the The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate.If I had a Time Machine, I would save my time machine journey timeWell this was excellent. The Lifecycle of Software Objects as many people have noted is an absolute star. I am unsure if this was merely because of those baby robot pandas, awwww look at them rolling down hills, learning to dance !. However, I also know I would be one of those owners whose digient would be suspended after the novelty wears off. The story of Daceys Patent Automatic Nanny , was so believable in its execution that I had to go and check that one of these didn't exist somewhere in
4.5 starsA must for any Ted Chiang's fan. Only two new stories, but really strong ones, and, of course, it's always a pleasure to reread Chiang's "old" stories.
Ted Chiang is a master of short fiction, no doubt about it. He may not be the most empathic writer, but his ideas and topics are absolutely brilliant.This collection has 9 stories, from which only 3 were new for me. Here they are: Daceys Patent Automatic Nanny what would be like if our children would be raised by robotic nannies. A bit unnerving Omphalos how will your perception of Earth history will change if youll learn that the Earth does not have 8912 years and humanity is not the
All said, Chiang's new collection rocks. :) I've read a good number of these in other places, but it doesn't diminish my enjoyment. I'm referencing the stories I liked the most.The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate - 1001 Nights meets fixed-timeline time-travel. Easily one of my favorites.Exhalation - A rather interesting logical-breakdown of universal principles from the PoV of a robot race.The Lifecycle of Software Objects - Novella, and easily the most wrenching, exploratory of the lot.
(3.5) An excellent, varied collection, one that made me think I should read more short science fiction.'Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom' was definitely my favourite. It imagines a world not much different from our own, except for the ubiquity of 'prisms'. These are devices which allow a person to communicate with their parallel self (or paraself) in an alternate dimension (or branch), which is seemingly created by the activation of the prism itself. There's a lot going on, from a prism store
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