Exhalation: Stories

TED CHIANG was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and holds a degree in computer science. His fiction has won numerous awards. His first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, has been translated into ten languages. He lives near Seattle, Washington.

出版者:Knopf

作者:Ted Chiang

页数:368

出版时间:2019-5-7

价格:USD 29.50

装帧:精装

isbn号码:9781101947883

图书标签:科幻TedChiang小说特德姜英文原版短篇小说SciFi硬科幻

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.

读后感

《商人和炼金术士之门》：非常精彩的短篇，就像是从姜的经典小说沃土中，自然生长出的瑰丽花朵。Core Idea是经典的时间旅行，某种程度延续了《你一生的故事》中对“过去与未来”的讨论；故事的风格则继承了《巴别塔》“传说+科学”的迷人色彩。此外，既传统又现代的故事表现手...  

总结来说，我不太喜欢《呼吸》这本书，故事很碎，看得很累。一本书由很多小篇构成，而且每篇都不能称为一个完整独立的故事。有的觉得意犹未尽，有的觉得不明所以，有的真实得像一篇科普。一句话总结，就是不对味。 那为何会选择这本书呢？因为一是豆瓣2019年评分第一名，二是《...  

读史使人明智。这里的史是历史，也是未来史。 我们从过去学到的，跟我们从未来学到的，竟然都如此丰富多彩！这才是科幻书该有的模样！ 以下分享几个自己比较有感触的故事： 炼金术：我们既是自己人生的参与者和创造者，但有时候也是无力改变的旁观者。过去发生的事实无法改变，...  

先说一声，书是在豆瓣书店买的，赠送的书签真好用，镂空设计，夹在书里也不影响阅读。 才读完第一篇《商人与炼金术士之门》，已经决得物有所值。好故事无价。它让我对如何阅读小说，有了更清晰的认识。 阅读行为和其他事情一样，都有人经验世界的过程。 面对一个好故事，读者既...  

用户评价

no。故事也许OK，文笔一般。

The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate / Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom

新加两篇忒好，一篇喜概念，一篇喜道德

Ted Chiang的书还是一如既往地富有哲理。似乎还是在看故事呢， 突然之间的一句话的总结或者一个段落的总结就让我感到豁然开朗，醍醐灌顶。尤其是书后面的Story Notes交代了故事的背景，更加让我对作者产生敬佩之心，因为小事件的发生和平时的悉心观察就是一个故事的素材。最喜欢最后一篇，淋漓尽致。

The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate / Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom