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.
Walter Mosley, "JOHN WOMAN"
Lydia Kiesling, "THE GOLDEN STATE" w/ Edan Lepucki
Shabnam Samuel, "A FRACTURED LIFE"
Peter Gadol, "THE STRANGER GAME"
WNBA/LA: National Reading Group Month
Heather Havrilesky, "WHAT IF THIS WERE ENOUGH?" w/ Ann Friedman
Anne-Marie Kinney, "COLDWATER CANYON" w/ Anthony Miller
LAMBDA Litfest: "Queer Writing"
LAMBDA Litfest: "Trumpocalypse"
Juan Gabriel Vasquez, "THE SHAPE OF THE RUINS"
Diana Arterian and Allie Rowbottom
Bonnie Chau, "ALL ROADS LEAD TO BLOOD"
Grady Chambers, "NORTH AMERICAN STADIUMS" w/ Elizabeth Metzger
Jessica Hopper, "NIGHT MOVES" w/ Josh Kun
Jeanne McCulloch, "ALL HAPPY FAMILIES" w/ Laurie Winer
Yumi Sakugawa, "FASHION FORECAST"
Aminder Dhaliwal, "WOMAN WORLD" W/ Megan Nicole Dong
Katya Apekina, "THE DEEPER THE WATER THE UGLIER THE FISH" w/ Michelle Huneven
Rebecca Serle, "THE DINNER LIST" w/ Gabrielle Zevin
Zenobia Neil, "THE JINNI'S LAST WISH"
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