Is Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic-revelatory. Including stories being published for the first time as well as some of his rare and classic uncollected work, 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,' an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. 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.

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 second chances. While, sure, these are topics that are addressed, what is most striking about this extraordinary collection are the way he makes fatalism seem so comforting and mines heady andoften dark.

His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Ted Chiang’s Exhalation is an antidote to our anxieties over the future, be it of technological dystopias or an endless void of extinction. These magnificent stories have won twenty-seven major. Ted Chiang (born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity's oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine. Over the past twenty-eight years Ted Chiang has published fifteen science fiction short stories. THE UNIVERSE BEGAN AS AN ENORMOUS BREATH BEING HELD. The best kind of science fiction.' -Barack Obama, via Facebook Ted Chiang's new collection is jammed with brilliant ideas but it also makes time to take one single fascinating notion and examine it in depth, in stories that are never too long or too short. By Ted Chiang is a collection of short stories that will make you think, grapple with big questions, and feel more human.

Exhalation by Ted Chiang