From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others—the basis for the Academy Award –nominated film Arrival—comes a groundbreaking new collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. These are tales that tackle some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only Ted Chiang 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.
Including stories being published for the first time as well as some of his rare and classic uncollected work, Exhalation is Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic—revelatory.
Elliott Kalan, "HORSE MEETS DOG"
Andrea Portes, "HENRY & EVA AND THE CASTLE ON THE CLIFF"
Wayétu Moore, "SHE WOULD BE KING" w/ Allison Noelle Conner
Kristen Tracy, "HALF_HAZARD" w/ Thomas Sadoski
Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore
Nicole Seymour, "BAD ENVIRONMENTALISM"
Éric Vuillard, "THE ORDER OF THE DAY" w/ Tom Lutz & Laurie Winer
Dan Lyons, "LAB RATS" w/ Karen Grigsby Bates
Tracy Daugherty, "LEAVING THE GAY PLACE"
Micah Perks, "TRUE LOVE AND OTHER DREAMS OF MIRACULOUS ESCAPE" w/ Ben Loory
Danielle Krysa, "A BIG IMPORTANT ART BOOK (NOW WITH WOMEN)"
Nick Zinner/Zachary Lipez/Stacy Wakefield, "131 DIFFERENT THINGS"
Jeff Jackson, "DESTROY ALL MONSTERS"
Nadya Tolokonnikova, "READ & RIOT" w/ Shepard Fairey
WHAT BOOKS presents Paul Lieber and Bill Mohr
Eileen Truax, "WE BUILT THE WALL"
Reyna Grande, "A DREAM CALLED HOME" w/ Kirin Khan
Kwame Alexander, "SWING" w/ Nikki Giovanni & Wendy Calhoun
Walter Mosley, "JOHN WOMAN"
Lydia Kiesling, "THE GOLDEN STATE" w/ Edan Lepucki
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