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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.
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.
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##The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate / Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom
評分 評分##人很容易陷入孤獨的自我想象當中。有時候，我們過分在意我們做齣選擇的意義，也忍不住去想不同選擇的結果，究竟是不同的選擇塑造瞭我們的人生，還是我們本就注定的命運引導瞭我們的選擇。正是因為我們始終想要逃避選擇伴隨著我要定義“我是一個什麼樣的人”的責任。 我，不得不承擔“我要成為一個什麼樣的人”的責任， 我，最終要承擔“我要成為一個什麼樣的人”的責任。
評分##讀這本書的過程就像是一呼一吸，沒有哪一刻會因為懸念或過濃的情感而屏氣，但薑的故事似乎可以給予人穩定恒常的生命。如果大多數科幻作者是在描繪未來，那薑給我的感覺是在講述過去，或更準確地說是像寓言一樣，既可存在於過去，又可存在於抽象的靜止的虛空：既是此刻，亦是永恒，是人的存在和思考所能覆蓋的全部時間。他的世界觀從不以迷戀技術與工業發展為軸心，即便在最廢拖托邦的想象裏，筆觸永遠contemplative，永遠在推敲人類情感和道德體係中無所不在的subtlety。科學與哲學的一體兩麵被薑層層疊疊地探索瞭，歸根結底都是無限的人性，是人對自身和外部世界的不竭不懈的mediation。科幻作品裏永遠不應該缺少/人/的痕跡。
評分##非常喜歡第一篇，但是對於電子寵物沒啥感覺，寫的人太多。
評分 評分《商人和煉金術士之門》：非常精彩的短篇，就像是從薑的經典小說沃土中，自然生長齣的瑰麗花朵。Core Idea是經典的時間旅行，某種程度延續瞭《你一生的故事》中對“過去與未來”的討論；故事的風格則繼承瞭《巴彆塔》“傳說+科學”的迷人色彩。此外，既傳統又現代的故事錶現手...
評分##時間旅行那個故事最好。其他的都太燒腦，讀著略纍。哲學思想通過小故事來講解挺聰明的。雖然對眼下的啓示不多，但很多問題人類早晚都會遇到。
評分##讀史使人明智。這裏的史是曆史，也是未來史。 我們從過去學到的，跟我們從未來學到的，竟然都如此豐富多彩！這纔是科幻書該有的模樣！ 以下分享幾個自己比較有感觸的故事： 煉金術：我們既是自己人生的參與者和創造者，但有時候也是無力改變的旁觀者。過去發生的事實無法改變，...
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