Exhalation
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 storiesThis 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. Best Read [ Exhalation ] by [ Ted Chiang ] – kino-fada.fr If you re looking for incredibly original sci fi short stories, look no further This time I felt like a lot of these were possible futures linked to technology that reminded me a bit of Black Mirror , maybe less dark though.Would recommend.A collection of short stories that will make you think, grapple with big questions, and feelhuman The best kind of science fiction President Obama s summer 2019 reads.It s an incredible yet credible collection of highly original, profound stories of the personal and societal implications of future tech From a 3 page snippet to a 100 page novella, they explore humanity s relationship with technology and hence ourselves science, literacy, parallel and alternative worlds, faith, and A collection of short stories that will make you think, grapple with big questions, and feelhuman The best kind of science fiction President Obama s summer 2019 reads.It s an incredible yet credible collection of highly original, profound stories of the personal and societal implications of future tech From a 3 page snippet to a 100 page novella, they explore humanity s relationship with technology and hence ourselves science, literacy, parallel and alternative worlds, faith, and free will.You can t fault the writing, but you don t read for lyricism, pithy quotes, and deep characterisation You read for the brain twisting mind expansion.Note The individual reviews are in spoiler tags for easy scrolling they don t contain plot spoilers.The Merchant and the Alchemist s Gate, 4 Nested stories of portals to alternative lives, like a Tale of Arabian Knights view spoiler Coincidence and intention are two sides of a tapestry, my lord You may find oneagreea...If you re into stuff like this, you can read the full review.Nothing Erases the Past Exhalation Stories by Ted Chiang Nothing 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 If you re into stuff like this, you can read the full review.Nothing Erases the Past Exhalation Stories by Ted Chiang Nothing 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 ...Q We spoke forthan an hour, and my fascination and respect bloomed like a flower warmed by the dawn, until he mentioned his experiments in alchemy c Q We don t normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology, which means that a literate person is someone whose thought processes are technologically mediated We became cognitive cyborgs as soon as we became fluent readers, and the consequences of that were profound.Before a culture adopts the use of writing, when its knowledge is Q We spoke forthan an hour, and my fascination and respect bloomed like a flower warmed by the dawn, until he mentioned his experiments in alchemy c Q We don t normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology, which means that a literate person is someone whose thought processes are technologically mediated We became cognitive cyborgs as soon as we became fluent readers, and the consequences of that were profound.Before a culture adopts the use of writing, when its knowledge is transmitted exclusi...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 Touch 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 Touches not only on artificial life and AI, but the same kind of feelings we might have for autistic children and trying to save Zoos For pretty much the sam...There s a lot to love about Ted Chiang s short stories and that s all here to love in this collection He creates amazing worlds, sometimes close to the ones we know and sometimes drastically different Once he s transported the reader into that world he isn t content to just let you look around and enjoy the novelty, he s going to dive into the deepest moral and philosophical questions that world presents And, in a collection of Chiang stories, you get to move from world to world, question to There s a lot to love about Ted Chiang s short stories and that s all here to love in this collection He creates amazing worlds, sometimes close to the ones we know and sometimes drastically different Once he s transported the reader into that world he isn t content to just let you look around and enjoy the novelty, he s going to dive into the deepest moral and philosophical questions that world presents And, in a collection of Chiang stories, you get to move from world to world, question to question, so that the depth and breadth of the worlds and questions presented is its own pleasure.I don t want to say much about these stories because the surprise is part of the joy There is tim...3.5 An excellent, varied collection, one that made me think I should readshort 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 3.5 An excellent, varied collection, one that made me think I should readshort 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 manager scamming customers out of their savings with...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 areDacey s Patent Automatic Nannywhat would be like if our children would be raised by robotic nannies A bit unnervingOmphaloshow will your perception of Earth history will change if you ll learn that the Earth does not have 8912 years and humanity is not the 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 areDacey s Patent Automatic Nannywhat would be like if our children would be raised by robotic nannies A bit unnervingOmphaloshow will your perception of Earth history will change if you ll learn that the Earth does not have 8912 years and humanity is not the reason for which the universe was...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.I just love Ted Chiang I read his earlier collection of short stories a few months ago and all the praise I heaped on him then are still true with Exhalation His style is completely unique, and while he sometimes plays with old ideas, he has a way of making them fresh, bright and very thought provoking.Just as with Stories of Your Life and Others , there are a couple of less than stellar stories here, but they don t diminish the quality of this col I just love Ted Chiang I read his earlier collection of short stories a few months ago and all the praise I heaped on him then are still true with Exhalation His style is completely unique, and while he sometimes plays with old ideas, he has a way of making them fresh, bright and very thought provoking.Just as with Stories of Your Life and Others , there are a couple of less than stellar stories here, but they don t diminish the quality of this collection Here are the highlights from my favorites The Merchant and the Alchemist Gate Don t you j...Four things do not come back the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunityExhalation is a collections of short stories, The Merchant and the Alchemist s Gate, Exhalation , What s expected of us , The Lifecycle of Software Objects , Dacey s Patent Automatic Nanny , The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling , The Great Silence , Omphalos and Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom Some of these stories have been published before, but this was my first expeFour things do not come back the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunityExhalation is a collections of short stories, The Merchant and the Alchemist s Gate, Exhalation , What s expected of us , The Lifecycle of Software Objects , Dacey s Patent Automatic Nanny , The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling , The Great Silence , Omphalos and Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom Some of these stories have been published before, but this was my first experience with the author so everything was new for me I fell in love with this book immediately, from the first story I have never read a s...People are made of stories Our memories are not the impartial accumulation of every second we ve lived they re the narrative that we assembled out of selected moments From the short story The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling in EXHALATION Stories by Ted Chiang.Much like Chiang s first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, these stories had a profound effect on me Chiang s creativity and philosophical science fiction hit all the right buttons for me.Common themes of these stor People are made of stories Our memories are not the impartial accumulation of every second we ve lived they re the narrative that we assembled out of selected moments From the short story The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling in EXHALATION Stories by Ted Chiang.Much like Chiang s first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, these stories had a profound effect on me Chiang s creativity and philosophical science fiction hit all the right buttons for me.Common themes of these stories are the illusion of free will, the evanescence of memory, non human intelligence and learning, how language oral and written shape our brains, and semiotics through human history Multiverse theory, time travel, alternate histories, and artificial intelligence play a part in many of his stories, but Chiang anchors his work in the human desires for connection, legacy, knowledge, and the pursuit of happiness.My favorites The Merchant and th...This collection is just as good as Stories of Your Life and Others, with Exhalation, The Lifecycle of Software Objects, and Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom as particular standouts.Also The Merchant and the Alchemist s Gate, The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling, and Omphalos Oh, all of them. Exhalation Stories was my most anticipated book release of the year, the long awaited second collection by the perhaps most highly decorated SFF writer ever seriously on average, Chiang releases a short story every two years, and is seemingly incapable of publishing one without it being nominated for the genre s top awards , a full seventeen years after his first one, Stories of Your Life and Others.This book collects nine stories, two of which Omphalos and Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom Exhalation Stories was my most anticipated book release of the year, the long awaited second collection by the perhaps most highly decorated SFF writer ever seriously on average, Chiang releases a short story every two years, and is seemingly incapable of publishing one without it being nominated for the genre s top awards , a full seventeen years after his first one, Stories of Your Life and Others.This book collects nine stories, two of which Omphalos and Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom are previously unpublished works As any other short story collection, it s a bit of a mixed bag, but the overall quality of Chiang s work rises high above the merely mediocre even the one that didn t work for me The Lifecycle of Software Objects ended up winning the Hugo Award, so if you re into any sort of speculative fiction at all, whether with...
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- 23 September 2017 Ted Chiang
- Kindle Edition
- 352 pages
- Ted Chiang
- Exhalation