A short story collection by the multiple-award-winning SF author Ted Chiang.
Ted Chiang was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and currently lives outside Seattle, Washington. In 1990 he won the Nebula Award for his first published story, "Tower of Babylon". Following this triumph, his stories have won him numerous other awards, making him one of the most honoured writers in contemporary SF.
United by a humane intelligence that speaks very directly to the
reader, and makes us experience each story with immediacy and
Chiang's calm passion.
*China Miéville, Guardian*
Ted is a national treasure... each of those stories is a goddamned
jewel.
*Cory Doctorow*
Meticulously pieced together, utterly thought through, Chiang's
stories emerge slowly...but with the perfection of slow-growing
crystal.
*Lev Grossman*
Chiang writes seldom, but his almost unfathomably wonderful stories
tick away with the precision of a Swiss watch - and explode in your
awareness with shocking, devastating force.
*Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)*
He puts the science back in science fiction - brilliantly.
*Booklist (Starred Review)*
[Chiang] confirms that blending science and fine art at this length
can produce touching works, tales as intimate as our own blood
cells, with the structural strength of just-discovered industrial
alloys.
*Seattle Times*
Essential. You won't know SF if you don't read Ted Chiang.
*Greg Bear*
Chiang is the real deal. His debut collection, Stories of Your Life
and Others is one of the finest collections of short fiction I have
read in the last decade. These tales possess the imaginative
frisson that is a trademark of the best conceptual fiction, but,
also bespeak a confident prose style and a willingness to take
chances in tone and narrative structure.
*Ted Gioia*
His stories mirror the process of scientific discovery: complex
ideas emerge from the measured, methodical accumulation of
information until epiphany strikes. . . . The best science fiction
inspires awe for the natural properties of the universe . . . Mr
Chiang's writing manages all of this.
*The Economist blog*
Chiang derides lazy thinking, weasels it out of its hiding place,
and leaves it cowering.
*The Washington Post*
The stories range widely in time, subject and style but are united
by a patient but ruthless fascination with the limits of
knowledge.
*Los Angeles Times*
Ted Chiang's stories are lean, relentless and incandescent.
*Colson Whitehead*
A science fiction genius . . . Ted Chiang is a superstar.
*Guardian*
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