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.
Junot Diaz, "ISLANDBORN"
Lynell George, "AFTER/IMAGE"
Planaria Price, "CLAIMING MY PLACE"
Ramona Ausubel and Michael Andreasen
Cheston Knapp, "UP UP, DOWN DOWN"
Farrah Penn, "TWELVE STEPS TO NORMAL"
Mallory Ortberg, "THE MERRY SPINSTER"
Mr. Fish, "AND THEN THE WORLD BLEW UP"
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, "WRESTLING WITH THE DEVIL"
Joy Press, "STEALING THE SHOW"
Wallace Shawn, "NIGHT THOUGHTS"
Elizabeth Flock, "THE HEART IS A SHIFTING SEA"
Alec Byrne, "LONDON ROCK"
Kim Purcell, "THIS IS NOT A LOVE LETTER"
"CULPRITS" Anthology Reading
Christopher Zeischegg, "BODY TO JOB"
Morgan Jerkins, "THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING"
Tavi Gevinson, "ROOKIE ON LOVE"
Tee Franklin, "BINGO LOVE"
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, "CALL ME ZEBRA"
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