- Title:
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Exhalation (MP3)
- Written by:
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Ted Chiang
- Read by:
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Edoardo Ballerini; Amy Landon; Dominic Hoffman; Ted Chiang
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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11 hours 22 minutes
- MP3 size:
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469 MB
- Published:
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August 01 2019
- Available Date:
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August 01 2019
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781529028645
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Literary Fiction; Science Fiction; Short Stories & Anthologies
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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Award winning author
The long-awaited second collection of stunningly original, humane and already celebrated short stories.
A groundbreaking new collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative and poignant stories.
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 20 years, elevating a faddish digital pet into what might be a true living being. Also included are two previously unpublished stories: ‘Omphalos’ and ‘Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom’.
In Exhalation, 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.
‘The best science-fiction writer of his generation.’
The Economist
‘Ted Chiang's stories are lean, relentless, and incandescent.'
Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad