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.
Shining, haunting, mind-blowing tales . . . this collection
is a pure marvel. [Ted] Chiang is so exhilarating, so original, so
stylish he just leaves you speechless. I always suggest a person
read at least 52 books a year for proper mental functioning but if
you only have time for one, be at peace: you found it. * Junot Diaz
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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 Mieville, 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. * 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. * Ed Park, Los Angeles Times *
Throughout all his work, though no more so than in Stories,
you can feel his months of removing sentences from his stories.
Perhaps that he writes so little does something good for him, or
maybe it's just that he doesn't write enough. * Choire Sicha
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It will not take readers new to these stories very long to
appreciate their quality and beauty. * https://www.sfsite.com
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I think Chiang is one of the great science fiction short story
writers of all time . . . it's not often these days that I
have that "What? What? Wow!" experience. Chiang does it for me
practically every time. There's no wonder he keeps winning
awards - he really is just that good. I generally try not to simply
burble incoherently that things are brilliant and you have to read
them, but faced with stories this awesome, that's pretty much all I
can do. * Jo Walton, Tor.com *
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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