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Exhalation
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bookshelves: audiobook, 2021-laser, sci-fi-fantasy, short-stories, read2021, tournament-of-books
Apr 30, 2021
bookshelves: audiobook, 2021-laser, sci-fi-fantasy, short-stories, read2021, tournament-of-books
There are two science fiction writers who can write a story exploring an idea better than anyone else, and only one of them is still alive - Ted Chiang. If you take an idea like young-earth creation or multiple dimensions or time travel all the way through and really consider all the ramifications, it opens up interesting avenues, and Chiang follows them to conclusions other authors can't reach (I think he must be very intelligent.) Some of these are novella length, but as long as you know it going in, no big deal. I also like the author note at the end of each one.
My Audible version didn't list the last story, missed some how. It's "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom" and is one of the newer and longer stories.
My Audible version didn't list the last story, missed some how. It's "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom" and is one of the newer and longer stories.
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Reading Progress
April 28, 2021
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April 28, 2021
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April 29, 2021
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April 30, 2021
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audiobook
April 30, 2021
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2021-laser
April 30, 2021
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sci-fi-fantasy
April 30, 2021
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short-stories
December 31, 2021
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read2021
December 31, 2021
– Shelved as:
tournament-of-books
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Apr 30, 2021 10:04AM
And the other writer is?
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Guillermo wrote: "And the other writer is?"Oh! James Tiptree Jr.
I’m so glad you loved this book! It was definitely one of the top 3 books from my 2020 reading year. I’m not much of a re-reader but I think I’ll be revisiting this one in the future.
Hannah wrote: "I’m so glad you loved this book! It was definitely one of the top 3 books from my 2020 reading year. I’m not much of a re-reader but I think I’ll be revisiting this one in the future."There is so much to think about in these stories. i know I have read most of his first collection multiple times so probably this one too.
