He puts the science back in science fiction-brilliantly.-Booklist (starred Review) The first must-read SF book of the year.-Publishers Weekly (starred Review) You won’t know SF if you don’t read Ted Chiang.-Greg BearĬhiang writes seldom, but his almost unfathomably wonderful stories tick away with the precision of a Swiss watch-and explode in your awareness with shocking, devastating force.-Kirkus Reviews (starred Review) each of those stories is a goddamned jewel.-Cory Doctorow, BoingBoingĬonfirms that blending science and fine art at this length can produce touching works, tales as intimate as our own blood cells, with the structural strength of just-discovered industrial alloys.-Seattle TimesĬhiang derides lazy thinking, weasels it out of its hiding place, and leaves it cowering.-Washington PostĮssential. United by a humane intelligence that speaks very directly to the reader, and makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang’s calm passion.-China Mieville, The Guardian You must read him.-Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble Now.-Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves If you don’t know his name, let’s fix that. ![]() Ted Chiang is one of the best and smartest writers working today. but with the perfection of slow-growing crystal.-Lev Grossman, Best of the Decade: Science Fiction and Fantasy, Techland Meticulously pieced together, utterly thought through, Chiang’s stories emerge slowly.
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