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.
R.O. Kwon, "THE INCENDIARIES" w/ Jade Chang
Derek Milman, "SCREAM ALL NIGHT" w/ Naomi Grossman
Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl, "RAD GIRLS CAN"
Megan Abbott, "GIVE ME YOUR HAND" w/ Tom Perrotta
Marina Shifrin, "30 BEFORE 30"
Laurie Kilmartin, "DEAD PEOPLE SUCK"
Chelsea Hodson, "TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE"
Ted Scheinman, "CAMP AUSTEN"
Maggie Nelson, "SOMETHING NICE, THEN HOLES" w/ Ali Liebegegott
George Rodriguez, "DOUBLE VISION" w/ Josh Kun
"THE ANNOTATED BIG SLEEP" w/ Annotators
Glynnis MacNicol, "NO ONE TELLS YOU THIS" w/ Ann Friedman
James Pogue, "CHOSEN COUNTRY" w/ David Garrett Byars
Leslie Schwartz, "THE LOST CHAPTERS" w/ Bernadette Murphy
Amber Tamblyn, "ANY MAN" w/ Janet Fitch
Zoé Samudzi, "BLACK AS RESISTANCE"
Ottessa Moshfegh, "MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION"
Jim Pascoe and Heidi Arnhold, "COTTONS" w/ Cecil Castellucci
Paddy Hirsch, "THE DEVIL'S HALF MILE"
Nick Dybek, "THE VERDUN AFFAIR" w/ Julia Fierro
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