Exhalation: Stories

Ted Chiang

May 2019 · Sold by Vintage

About this ebook

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others

Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and see the world. They are Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic, revelatory.

Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.

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 second chances. In “Exhalation,” an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom,” the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will.

Ratings and reviews

A truly wonderful collection of short stories from an amazing author. You'd do a lot worse than reading Ted Chiang's stuff! :)

A great collection of thought provoking stories. He's not just playing cute with scientific concepts; his characters' lives and choices are the real draw.

Trochu menej pútavé a zaujímavé ako Stories of your life and others, ale dostatočne dobré scifi poviedky, ktoré sa čítajú dobre a rychlo. čakám ďalšiu zbierku.

About the author

Ted Chiang’s fiction has won four Hugo, four Nebula, and four Locus awards, and has been featured in The Best American Short Stories. His debut collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, has been translated into twenty-one languages. He was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and currently lives near Seattle, Washington.