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Exhalation: Stories

Exhalation: Stories
作者:Ted Chiang
副标题:Stories
出版社:Knopf
出版年:2019-05
ISBN:9781101947883
行业:其它
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内容简介

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.

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作者简介

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.

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目录

- The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate

- Exhalation

- What's Expected of Us

- The Lifecycle of Software Objects

- Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny

- The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling

- The Great Silence

- Omphalos

- Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom

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读书文摘

我是一种模式,我所存在的整个世界也是一种模式,而这一切都将不复存在。

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