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Exhalation / Ted Chiang.

Exhalation / Ted Chiang.
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ISBN 9781529014518 (hardback)
1529014514 (hardback)
Name Chiang, Ted author.
Uniform title Short stories. Selections
Title Exhalation / Ted Chiang.
Published London : Picador, 2019.
©2019
Description 350 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents 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 -- Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom -- Story notes -- Acknowledgments.
Summary 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 Exhalation, 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.
Subjects Short stories, American
Genre Short stories
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