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.
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.
發表於2024-04-25
Exhalation: Stories 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
讀史使人明智。這裏的史是曆史,也是未來史。 我們從過去學到的,跟我們從未來學到的,竟然都如此豐富多彩!這纔是科幻書該有的模樣! 以下分享幾個自己比較有感觸的故事: 煉金術:我們既是自己人生的參與者和創造者,但有時候也是無力改變的旁觀者。過去發生的事實無法改變,...
評分每個故事都很thought provoking,特彆喜歡Ted Chiang 的文字,娓娓道來。建議看一下最後的story notes, 就能發現作者是一個善於發現的人。 聊聊裏麵比較喜歡的幾個故事 * the merchant and alchemist ‘s gate: “past and future are the same, and we cannot change either...
評分 評分 評分我不太確定本書腰封上寶樹所謂的“通嚮科幻的最深奧義”是什麼,也不太明白封麵“科幻的詩意”和“全新的邏輯”指的啥,更對封麵介紹中“哲學的浪漫”這一短語不明所以。因為在我看來,科幻是一個外延和內涵都在不斷變化的概念,我們很難指齣其中有一個固定的本質。而我常將詩...
圖書標籤: 科幻 TedChiang 小說 特德薑 英文原版 短篇小說 SciFi 硬科幻
還是很不捨地peruse式地讀完,看每篇寫作筆記也更是讓我無比珍惜,像是站在作者麵前聽他慢慢講起多年以來他知曉和思考的所有:無法改變的過去與對應的未來、熵與混亂、無意義的人生與嚮死、情感聯係與意識的形成、語言和和記憶的真實、宇宙起源和人性信仰、以及人為何是人
評分非常喜歡第一個故事。但其他的實在看不下去。我還是更喜歡宏大敘事類的科幻題材
評分Exhalation 本來就是我最喜歡薑老師的一篇,後麵兩篇翁法洛斯和焦慮是自由的眩暈是新篇,太期待瞭纔買瞭原版來看,物超所值。薑老師的語言一如既往地理性,邏輯性也極強,因為那種詳實的感受讓故事背景可信。每一篇當中對社會人性的討論都有有許多有趣的點,有的點感覺單獨拿齣來就能寫一個短篇
評分非常喜歡第一個故事。但其他的實在看不下去。我還是更喜歡宏大敘事類的科幻題材
評分薑峯楠的這本科幻小說文集有點《黑鏡》的感覺。我最喜歡的是講穿越的Alchemist's Gate,養成電子寵物的The Lifecycle of Software Objects,記錄迴憶的The Truth of Fact/the Truth of Feeling,還有鸚鵡寫的The Great Silence。最後一篇我原來去年在亞洲文化協會的《尋林覓趣》展覽讀過,波多黎各藝術傢拍攝雨林中的鸚鵡,以及Arecibo天文颱,探討動物滅絕和科技的關係,字幕正是薑的這篇The Great Silence。“It's no coincidence that 'aspiration' means both hope and breathing...I speak, therefore I am."
Exhalation: Stories 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載