- Exhalation
- What's Expected of Us
- The Lifecycle of Software Objects
- Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny
- The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling
- The Great Silence
- Omphalos
- Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom
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具体描述
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.
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##还是很不舍地peruse式地读完，看每篇写作笔记也更是让我无比珍惜，像是站在作者面前听他慢慢讲起多年以来他知晓和思考的所有：无法改变的过去与对应的未来、熵与混乱、无意义的人生与向死、情感联系与意识的形成、语言和和记忆的真实、宇宙起源和人性信仰、以及人为何是人
评分 评分 评分##读这本书的过程就像是一呼一吸，没有哪一刻会因为悬念或过浓的情感而屏气，但姜的故事似乎可以给予人稳定恒常的生命。如果大多数科幻作者是在描绘未来，那姜给我的感觉是在讲述过去，或更准确地说是像寓言一样，既可存在于过去，又可存在于抽象的静止的虚空：既是此刻，亦是永恒，是人的存在和思考所能覆盖的全部时间。他的世界观从不以迷恋技术与工业发展为轴心，即便在最废拖托邦的想象里，笔触永远contemplative，永远在推敲人类情感和道德体系中无所不在的subtlety。科学与哲学的一体两面被姜层层叠叠地探索了，归根结底都是无限的人性，是人对自身和外部世界的不竭不懈的mediation。科幻作品里永远不应该缺少/人/的痕迹。
评分##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。
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