Ted Chiang Collection 2 Books Set Exhalation,Stories of Your Life and Others
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Exhalation by Ted Chiang
In ‘The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate’, a portal through time
forces a fabric-seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past errors
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. In ‘Anxiety is the
Dizziness of Freedom’, the ability to glimpse into alternate universes
necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and
free will.In Exhalation, Ted Chiang addresses the most fundamental of
issues – What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be
human? – alongside others 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.......
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in
eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise
and evocative prose.From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a
flat Earth with the firmament above, to a world where angelic
visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from
a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty,
to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and
reality, Chiang’s rigorously imagined fantasias invite us to question
our understanding of the universe and our place in it.
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Ted Chiang Collection 2 Books Set Exhalation,Stories of Your Life and Others
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