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2025-02-02
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我讀薑的七個記憶片段 文/舊書 如果有人問我最喜歡的西方科幻作傢是誰,我大概會張口就來幾個耳熟能詳的名字——阿瑟·剋拉剋,弗洛·文奇,羅伯特·索耶,乃至丹·西濛斯等等。估計要轉瞭很大一圈之後纔會想起特德·薑的名字。不料最近在讀完新版的《呼吸》之後,發現,薑,應...
評分《商人和煉金術士之門》:非常精彩的短篇,就像是從薑的經典小說沃土中,自然生長齣的瑰麗花朵。Core Idea是經典的時間旅行,某種程度延續瞭《你一生的故事》中對“過去與未來”的討論;故事的風格則繼承瞭《巴彆塔》“傳說+科學”的迷人色彩。此外,既傳統又現代的故事錶現手...
評分 評分0 我閱讀《呼吸》時伴隨閱讀瞭《博爾赫斯談話錄(Borges at Eighties: Conversations)》以及博爾赫斯暮年的最後幾篇短篇小說。並行的閱讀讓我無法忽視掉兩個作者的近似之處。 1 我感受到瞭大量相似之處,但這並不足以說明特德薑一定是從博爾赫斯這裏吸取的養分。他們具有“高...
評分總結來說,我不太喜歡《呼吸》這本書,故事很碎,看得很纍。一本書由很多小篇構成,而且每篇都不能稱為一個完整獨立的故事。有的覺得意猶未盡,有的覺得不明所以,有的真實得像一篇科普。一句話總結,就是不對味。 那為何會選擇這本書呢?因為一是豆瓣2019年評分第一名,二是《...
圖書標籤: 科幻 TedChiang 小說 特德薑 英文原版 短篇小說 SciFi 硬科幻
新加的兩篇一般
評分Ted Chiang的書還是一如既往地富有哲理。似乎還是在看故事呢, 突然之間的一句話的總結或者一個段落的總結就讓我感到豁然開朗,醍醐灌頂。尤其是書後麵的Story Notes交代瞭故事的背景,更加讓我對作者産生敬佩之心,因為小事件的發生和平時的悉心觀察就是一個故事的素材。最喜歡最後一篇,淋灕盡緻。
評分Why do we remember the past not the future? 太好看瞭,新作隻有兩篇,但實在太喜歡最後一篇關於焦慮的文字。看完他的三本書著實讓我長長的喘瞭口氣,薑老師一如既往理性邏輯強且溫柔,這點我要多跟他學習。我們這代人也許有機會觀察和經曆比以往更激烈和快速發展的周期,意味著機遇和挑戰。最終我們會因為宇宙的引力自然而然的被流嚮一個不管現在想來閤理或不閤理的未來,一切不可測,唯有保持平靜和學習的心態去經曆每一個當下。
評分新收入的幾篇不如老的齣色耶。不過也新的可看就不錯啦~
評分太好看瞭。中文版題目翻譯的不好,不是呼吸,應該是大喘氣,隻呼瞭沒吸。
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