Exhalation: Stories
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 Hardcover edition | |
| Author | Ted Chiang |
|---|---|
| Original title | Exhalation: Stories |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction • fantasy |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | May 7, 2019 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 368 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 978-1101947883 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 1077712105 |
Exhalation: Stories is a collection of short stories by American writer Ted Chiang. The book was initially released on May 7, 2019, by Alfred A. Knopf.
This is Ted Chiang's second collection of short works, after the 2002 book Stories of Your Life and Others. Exhalation: Stories contains nine stories exploring such issues as humankind's place in the universe, the nature of humanity, bioethics, virtual reality, free will and determinism, time travel, and the uses of robotic forms of A.I.[1] Seven tales were initially published between 2005 and 2015; "Omphalos" and "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom" are originals.[2][3]
Contents
- "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" (originally published by Subterranean Press in 2007; Nebula Award, Hugo Award, and Seiun Award winner)
- "Exhalation" (originally published in Eclipse 2 in 2008; BSFA, Locus Award, and Hugo Award winner)
- "What's Expected of Us" (originally published in Nature, Volume 436 Issue 7047, 6 July 2005)
- "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" (originally published by Subterranean Press in 2010; Hugo Award and Locus Award winner)
- "Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny" (originally published in The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities (edited by Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer) June 2011, Harper Voyages)
- "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling" (originally published by Subterranean Press Magazine, August 2013; Hugo Award finalist)
- "The Great Silence" (originally published by e-flux journal, 2015)
- "Omphalos" (Hugo Award finalist)
- "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" (Hugo Award and Nebula Award finalist)