NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and OthersTackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and see the world. They are Ted Chiang at his b...

From the author of Exhalation, an award-winning short story collection that blends "absorbing storytelling with meditations on the universe, being, time and space ... raises questions about the nature of reality and what it is to be human" (The New York Times).A Los Angeles Times Best Fiction Book of the Last 30 YearsStories of Your Life and Others delivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the ...

‘A science fiction genius . . . Ted Chiang is a superstar.’ – Guardian**With Stories of Your Life and Others, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose.The science fiction novella 'Story of Your Life' is the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrival.**From a soaring Babylonian t...

‘One of the most exciting writers in science fiction . . . These parables are filled with hope and humanism.’ – Daily Telegraph**From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others – the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrival – comes a groundbreaking second collection of short fiction.'A collection of short stories that will make you think, grapple with big questions, and feel more human. The best kind of scie...

L’immense talent de Ted Chiang consiste à inventer des mondes radicalement nouveaux, ne répondant pas à nos lois physiques, dans lesquels les machines en disent long sur notre humanité. Dans "Le marchand et la porte de l’alchimiste", conte semblable à ceux des Mille et Une Nuits, un commerçant de Bagdad propose l’usage d’une porte bien étrange. "Le cycle de vie des objets logiciels" suit le parcours d’Ana Alvarado, qui développe des organismes numériques intelligents. Dans "L’angoisse est ...

¿Qué pasaría si un inocente juguete dinamitara nuestra noción de libre albedrío? ¿Y si fuera posible ponerse en contacto con versiones de nosotros mismos en otras líneas temporales? No importa cuál sea el tema que trate Ted Chiang en sus narraciones, siempre demuestra una formidable habilidad para indagar en los enigmas de la condición humana y abordar los conflictos éticos que la relación con la tecnología plantea en nuestra existencia, desde una perspectiva abiertamente positiva y vitali...

Previously published as Stories of Your Life and Others. Includes "Story Of Your Life," the basis for the major motion picture Arrival, starring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, and directed by Denis Villeneuve.“A swell movie adaptation always sends me to the source material, so Arrival had me pick up Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others: lean, relentless, and incandescent.” —Colson Whitehead, GQ

Um dos autores de mais destaque no cenário da ficção científica, Ted Chiang pode ser descrito como um escritor pouco prolífico: tem apenas quinze trabalhos publicados, entre contos e novelas curtas.A pequena produção contrasta com sua expressiva quantidade de premiações: os oito textos reunidos em História da sua vida e outros contos ganharam no total nove importantes prêmios, dentre eles Nebula, Hugo, Locus, Sturgeon, Sidewise e Seiun.Publicadas originalme...

‘A science fiction genius . . . Ted Chiang is a superstar.’ – Guardian**With Stories of Your Life and Others, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose.The science fiction novella 'Story of Your Life' is the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrival.**From a soaring Babylonian t...

A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” SelectionTogether with a crew of other miners and cart-pullers, Hillalum is recruited to climb the Tower of Babylon and unearth what lies beyond the vault of heaven. During his journey, Hillalum discovers entire civilizations of tower-dwellers on the tower—there are those who live inside the mists of clouds, those who raise their vegetables above the sun, and those who have spent their lives under the oppressive weight of an endless, white strat...

Cosa succederebbe se gli uomini costruissero una torre dalla Terra al Cielo e riuscissero a penetrare nell'altro lato del Cielo? E se scoprissimo che i fondamenti della matematica sono arbitrari e incoerenti? E se esistesse una scienza che dà un nome alle cose e che fa nascere la vita dalla materia inanimata? E se l'esposizione a una lingua aliena cambiasse per sempre la nostra percezione del tempo? E se tutte le credenze del cristianesimo fondamentalista fossero letteralmente vere e la vi...

À Babylone, la construction de la tour touche à sa fin. On va bientôt atteindre la voûte du ciel et découvrir les secrets de Jéhovah. Une mathématicienne aurait trouvé une démonstration capable de mettre à mal les mathématiques, sa vie de couple… et sa vie, tout court. Le premier contact avec les extraterrestres aura également des répercussions inattendues sur le quotidien d’une linguiste réputée. Le destin de Neil Fisk bascule le jour où sa femme est tuée par la visitation d’un ange… Huit...