Exhalation

Stories

Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he 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 …

Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.

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.

10 editions

hardcover, 368 pages

English language

Published May 7, 2019 by Knopf.

ISBN:: 978-1-101-94788-3
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OCLC Number:: 1043306168
Goodreads:: 52222275

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Tyler Cipriani reviewed Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Exhalation: stories by Ted Chiang

5.0 stars

Every story is a thought experiment—like the best episodes of Twilight Zone. I was completely absorbed. I still talk about stories in this collection. "The Great Silence," the story from the perspective of a (critically endangered) Puerto Rican parrot, left me choked up. "Omphalos," a pseudo-epistolary story from a timeline where creationism is real and science and religion are closely intertwined. I'm still telling people about those about 4 months after reading them.