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2024-11-21
Exhalation: Stories 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
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 評分去年的這個時候,我正在讀劉慈欣的中篇小說。 在那個無憂慮的鼕天,我和父母看瞭《流浪地球》,然後一同漫步在浦江邊,愉快的打量這未被氣候巨變摧毀的城市。——仿佛這已經過去瞭很久。而我現在卻處在被疫情侵擾的氛圍打量那個正常的城市。迴到我們的Ted Chiang & Exhalat...
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
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate / Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom
評分新加兩篇忒好,一篇喜概念,一篇喜道德
評分還是很不捨地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。
評分新加兩篇忒好,一篇喜概念,一篇喜道德
Exhalation: Stories 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載