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Exhalation

by Ted Chiang
Exhalation - Thryft
Exhalation - Thryft
  • Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best Collection (2019)
  • Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novelette for "Omphalos" (2020)
  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella for "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" (2019)
  • Locus Award for Best Collection and Best Novelette for "Omphalos" and Nominee for Best Novella for "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" (2020)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction (Ray Bradbury Prize) (2020)
  • Premio Ignotus for Mejor Cuento Extranjero (2021)
  • Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work (2021)
  • Premi Ictineu for Millor antologia fantàstica (2021)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2019)
  • Ignyte Award Nominee for Best Novella Nomination for "Omphalos" (2020)
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Exhalation

by Ted Chiang
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ISBN: 9781529014518
Authors: Ted Chiang
Publisher: PAN MACMILLAN U.K
Date of Publication: 2019-05-16
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Related Topics: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Time Travel, Science Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.28
(rated by 89566 readers)

Description

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.
 
  • Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best Collection (2019)
  • Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novelette for "Omphalos" (2020)
  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella for "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" (2019)
  • Locus Award for Best Collection and Best Novelette for "Omphalos" and Nominee for Best Novella for "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" (2020)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction (Ray Bradbury Prize) (2020)
  • Premio Ignotus for Mejor Cuento Extranjero (2021)
  • Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work (2021)
  • Premi Ictineu for Millor antologia fantàstica (2021)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2019)
  • Ignyte Award Nominee for Best Novella Nomination for "Omphalos" (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.