Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in modern SF.Now, collected here for the first time are all seven of this extraordinary writer's stories so far-plus an eighth story written especially for this volume.What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Stories of your life . . . and others.
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Stories of Your Life and Others
von Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in modern SF.Now, collected here for the first time are all seven of this extraordinary writer's stories so far-plus an eighth story written especially for this volume.What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Stories of your life . . . and others.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(2)
Rezension von doritoInsgesamt faszinierend, wie der Autor die Implikationen von Ideen aufnimmt und umsetzt, und wie sehr die sprachliche und strukturelle Gestaltung der Geschichten den Inhalt widerspiegelt. Natürlich sprechen mich bei einer Kurzgeschichtensammlung einige Geschichten mehr an als andere. Ich mochte die Vielfalt der Geschichten, und dass "Science Fiction" sich wirklich auf diverse Wissenschaft bezieht, statt einfach Star-Wars-Raumfahrtfantasy zu sein. Teilweise überraschend viel religiöse (v.a. christliche) Inspiration.
Rezension von Maike 🫧8 Kurzgeschichten, die tolle Gedankenanstöße liefern. Der Großteil sehr gelungen, die anderen weniger nach meinem Geschmack. Wenn ihr die Serie Black Mirror mögt, dann ist das Buch definitiv etwas für euch. Aber es ist nun auch nicht wirklich leichte Kost und einiges an englischen Begriffen musste ich nachsehen. Die Story Notes des Autors am Ende fand ich nochmal sehr toll. Alles in allem empfehlenswert!