If you want to keep up with the Joneses in the scifi reading community you will have to read this short story collection. Considering he has published less than 50 stories and not a single novel Ted Chiang is one of today's best known sf authors among sf readers, this does not make him a household n...
A nice combination of original & compelling "what if" ideas, clear exposition of some basic math & physics & history stuff it mentioned, competent characterization & overall good writing. It's probably among the best contemporary science fiction anthologies I've ever read.
Favorito instantáneo.Normalmente en una antología digo que hay historias buenas y otras no tanto, porque suele ser así. En este caso todas las historias son bastante buenas. Por supuesto, no puedo evitar tener mis favoritas.Story of Your Life es una de las mejores historias (cortas o no) que he leíd...
Anyone who thinks there are no new ideas in science fiction needs to read this book. Ted Chiang, who along with China Mieville are the leaders in the creativity department. These stories are for the most part brilliant. My only grouse is the stories stop rather than end with a finish. Still the best...
Ted Chiang is, quite simply put, the best science fiction short story writer of our generation and one of the all time greats. Go get this, read it and then read it again. Every story here is superbly done. Chiang is a master.
When I tell people I don't like short stories (and really, I don't), what I mean is that I don't like literary short stories that offer us, say, a snapshot of someone's rather normal life, and wow, look at the way this small scene profoundly illuminates a larger wholBORING.It turns out I do like sho...
I have a new book for my favorites shelf!I can't express enough how dang THOUGHT-PROVOKING these stories are. Every one of them. This was definitely a book to savor. When I finished each story, I wanted to put the book down and just think about what I had just read.There is just a depth of intelli...
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