Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Standouts include 'Tower of Babylon,' in which a miner ascends the fabled tower in order to break through the vault of heaven 'Division by Zero,' a precise and heartbreaking examination of the disintegration of hope and love and 'Story of Your Life,' in which a linguist learns an alien language that reshapes her view of the world. This marvelous collection by one of science fiction's most thoughtful and graceful writers belongs on the bookshelf of anyone interested in literary science fiction.Ĭollected here for the first time, Ted Chiang's award-winning stories-recipients of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Campbell, and Asimov awards-offer a feast of science, speculation, humanity, and lyricism. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.

What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Now, collected here for the first time are all seven of this extraordinary writer's stories so far-plus an eighth story written especially for this volume. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in modern SF. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history.

Ted Chiang's first published story, ' Tower of Babylon,' won the Nebula Award in 1990.

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang