作者：TedChiang
出版社：Knopf
副标题：Stories
出版年：2019-5-7
页数：368
定价：USD29.50
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9781101947883
内容简介
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From an award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story "The Story of Your Life" was the basis for the Academy Award-nominated movie Arrival), the long-awaited new collection of stunningly original, humane, and already celebrated short stories
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.
作者简介
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TED CHIANG was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and holds a degree in computer science. His fiction has won numerous awards. His first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, has been translated into ten languages. He lives near Seattle, Washington.
目录
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– 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
评论 ······
就阅读体验来讲，更喜欢刘宇昆的《The Paper
Menagerie and Other Stories》。姜大师这本
语言更平实，故事讲起来似乎也没有那么惊心动
魄，甚至有点波澜不惊。但只要静下心来思考，
后劲儿很大。
Exhalation 本来就是我最喜欢姜老师的一篇，后面两篇翁法洛斯和焦虑是自由的眩晕是新篇，太期待了才买了原版来看，物超所值。姜老师的语言一如既往地理性，逻辑性也极强，因为那种详实的感受让故事背景可信。每一篇当中对社会人性的讨论都有有许多有趣的点，有的点感觉单独拿出来就能写一个短篇
"Will it be preferable to remain mute to prolong our ability to think, or to talk until the very end?" Ted Chiang的语言怎么可以如此理性坚定又模糊温柔！身体和心都太感动😭😭😭迫不及待标一下！
非常喜欢第一篇，但是对于电子宠物没啥感觉，写的人太多。
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