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  Title

  Exhalation First edition.

  Author

  Chiang, Ted,  

  Publisher:

  Alfred A. Knopf,

  Pub date:

  2019.

  Description:

  350 pages ;

  ISBN:

  9781101947883

  Item info:

  3 copies currently available - Gayton Library, Tuckahoe Library, and Varina Library.
  

  Number of holds:

  0

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  Exhalation First edition.
  Chiang, Ted,
  

  Personal Author:

  Chiang, Ted,

  Uniform title:

  [Short stories. Selections]

  Title:

  Exhalation / Ted Chiang.

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Publication Info:

  New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

  264:

  ©2019

  Physical descrip:

  350 pages ; 22 cm

  Contents:

  The merchant and the alchemist's gate -- Exhalation -- What's expected of us -- The lifecycle of software objects -- Dacey's patent automatic nanny -- The truth of fact, the truth of feeling -- The great silence -- Omphalos -- Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

  Summary:

  This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters. 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 the temptation of second chances. In the epistolary "Exhalation," an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications not just for his own people, but for all of reality. And in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," a woman cares for an artificial intelligence over twenty years, elevating a faddish digital pet into what might be a true living being. Also included are two brand-new stories: "Omphalos" and "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom." In this fantastical and elegant collection, Ted Chiang wrestles with the oldest questions on earth--What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human?--and ones that no one else has even imagined. And, each in its own way, the stories prove that complex and thoughtful science fiction can rise to new heights of beauty, meaning, and compassion.

  Held by:

  GAYTON TUCKAHOE LIBBIEMILL VARINAAREA

  Subject term:

  Short stories, American.

  Genre index term:

  Science fiction. lcgft

  Genre index term:

  Short stories. lcgft

  Genre index term:

  Fiction. lcgft

  Added title:

  The Merchant and the alchemist's gate

  Added title:

  Exhalation

  Added title:

  What's expected of us

  Added title:

  The lifecycle of software objects

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  Dacey's patent automatic nanny

  Added title:

  The truth of fact, the truth of feeling

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  The great silence

  Added title:

  Omphalos

  Added title:

  Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom