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.
##时间旅行那个故事最好。其他的都太烧脑,读着略累。哲学思想通过小故事来讲解挺聪明的。虽然对眼下的启示不多,但很多问题人类早晚都会遇到。
评分##就阅读体验来讲,更喜欢刘宇昆的《The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories》。姜大师这本 语言更平实,故事讲起来似乎也没有那么惊心动 魄,甚至有点波澜不惊。但只要静下心来思考, 后劲儿很大。
评分##"Will it be preferable to remain mute to prolong our ability to think, or to talk until the very end?" Ted Chiang的语言怎么可以如此理性坚定又模糊温柔!身体和心都太感动????????????迫不及待标一下!
评分Why do we remember the past not the future? 太好看了,新作只有两篇,但实在太喜欢最后一篇关于焦虑的文字。看完他的三本书着实让我长长的喘了口气,姜老师一如既往理性逻辑强且温柔,这点我要多跟他学习。我们这代人也许有机会观察和经历比以往更激烈和快速发展的周期,意味着机遇和挑战。最终我们会因为宇宙的引力自然而然的被流向一个不管现在想来合理或不合理的未来,一切不可测,唯有保持平静和学习的心态去经历每一个当下。
评分##最喜欢:The Truth of Fact,the truth of feeling 让我想到了我自己的可怕回忆。最不喜欢:The Lifecycle of Software Objects. 又臭又长,看了好几晚上,都在等着它结束。
评分##人很容易陷入孤独的自我想象当中。有时候,我们过分在意我们做出选择的意义,也忍不住去想不同选择的结果,究竟是不同的选择塑造了我们的人生,还是我们本就注定的命运引导了我们的选择。正是因为我们始终想要逃避选择伴随着我要定义“我是一个什么样的人”的责任。 我,不得不承担“我要成为一个什么样的人”的责任, 我,最终要承担“我要成为一个什么样的人”的责任。
评分##在书店看到才发现居然包括2019年的两篇新作,立刻买下,回家读完只能说 Ted 那一套架空世界娓娓道来震碎三观的风格真是越来越溜了,一出手就是神作。。
评分##最喜欢:The Truth of Fact,the truth of feeling 让我想到了我自己的可怕回忆。最不喜欢:The Lifecycle of Software Objects. 又臭又长,看了好几晚上,都在等着它结束。
评分##人很容易陷入孤独的自我想象当中。有时候,我们过分在意我们做出选择的意义,也忍不住去想不同选择的结果,究竟是不同的选择塑造了我们的人生,还是我们本就注定的命运引导了我们的选择。正是因为我们始终想要逃避选择伴随着我要定义“我是一个什么样的人”的责任。 我,不得不承担“我要成为一个什么样的人”的责任, 我,最终要承担“我要成为一个什么样的人”的责任。
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