具体描述
From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the heavens above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality... Chiang's rigorously imagined stories invite us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it.
作者简介
Ted Chiang is an American speculative fiction writer. His Chinese name is Chiang Feng-nan. He graduated from Brown University with a Computer Science degree. He currently works as a technical writer in the software industry and resides in Bellevue, near Seattle, Washington. He is a graduate of the noted Clarion Writers Workshop (1989).
Although not a prolific author, having published only eleven short stories as of 2009, Chiang has to date won a string of prestigious speculative fiction awards for his works: a Nebula Award for "Tower of Babylon" (1990), the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992, a Nebula Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for "Story of Your Life" (1998), a Sidewise Award for "Seventy-Two Letters" (2000), a Nebula Award, Locus Award and Hugo Award for his novelette "Hell Is the Absence of God" (2002), a Nebula and Hugo Award for his novelette "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" (2007), and a British Science Fiction Association Award, a Locus Award, and the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Exhalation" (2009).
Chiang turned down a Hugo nomination for his short story "Liking What You See: A Documentary" in 2003, on the grounds that the story was rushed due to editorial pressure and did not turn out as he had really wanted.
Chiang's first eight stories are collected in "Stories of Your Life, and Others" (1st US hardcover ed: ISBN 0-7653-0418-X; 1st US paperback ed.: ISBN 0-7653-0419-8). His novelette "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" was also published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
As of 2013, his short fiction has won four Nebula Awards, three Hugo Awards, the John W Campbell Award, three Locus Awards, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award. He has never written a novel but is one of the most decorated science fiction writers currently working.
目录信息
Understand
Division by zero
Story of your life
Seventy-two letters
Evolution of human science
Hell is the absence of God
Liking what you see: a documentary
Story notes.
Acknowledgments
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读后感
The stories are really interesting. Actually I hope that some of these ideas can be extended into full-length novels. Understand, Story of your life, Liking what you see a documentary and Hell is the absence of God are the stories I like the most, which are...
评分The stories are really interesting. Actually I hope that some of these ideas can be extended into full-length novels. Understand, Story of your life, Liking what you see a documentary and Hell is the absence of God are the stories I like the most, which are...
评分The stories are really interesting. Actually I hope that some of these ideas can be extended into full-length novels. Understand, Story of your life, Liking what you see a documentary and Hell is the absence of God are the stories I like the most, which are...
评分The stories are really interesting. Actually I hope that some of these ideas can be extended into full-length novels. Understand, Story of your life, Liking what you see a documentary and Hell is the absence of God are the stories I like the most, which are...
评分The stories are really interesting. Actually I hope that some of these ideas can be extended into full-length novels. Understand, Story of your life, Liking what you see a documentary and Hell is the absence of God are the stories I like the most, which are...
用户评价
在阅读过程中，我数次被作者的想象力所震撼。他构建了一个如此宏大且充满异域风情的设定，却又将其处理得如此真实可信。那些奇特的现象，那些未知的文明，都仿佛真实存在于某个遥远的角落。他并没有回避科学的严谨性，而是将想象力与科学的逻辑巧妙地结合在一起，创造出一种既令人着迷又令人信服的奇观。这不仅仅是一部科幻小说，更是一次对人类认知边界的勇敢探索。
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评分总而言之，这部作品是一次令人惊叹的阅读体验。作者以其非凡的才华，为我们呈现了一个既宏大又细腻的世界。它挑战了我们的认知，引发了我们的思考，更触动了我们的心灵。我强烈推荐这部作品给所有渴望探索未知、追求真理的读者。它会让你重新审视自己，审视我们所处的世界，并最终，对生命本身产生更深的敬畏。
评分阅读过程中，我惊叹于作者构建的宏大叙事背景。他没有急于揭示一切，而是通过层层铺垫，一点点地展开一个令人难以置信的世界。这个世界不仅仅是物理空间上的辽阔，更体现在其背后蕴含的深刻哲学思考。我仿佛置身于一个巨大的迷宫，每一个转折都带来新的惊喜和困惑，而作者则像一位经验丰富的向导，引导我穿越迷雾，去探寻那些隐藏在表象之下的真相。他对细节的把握也令人称道，无论是环境的描写，还是人物的对话，都显得格外真实，让我能够身临其境地感受作者所描绘的一切。
评分作者对于节奏的掌控也堪称一绝。他懂得何时需要加快叙事的步伐，将读者推向高潮，也懂得何时需要放缓节奏，让读者沉浸在细节和情感之中。在那些紧张刺激的段落，我甚至会屏住呼吸，生怕错过任何一个细微的转折；而在那些舒缓温情的时刻，我又会感到一种难以言喻的宁静与慰藉。这种张弛有度的叙事方式，使得整本书读起来流畅而又充满力量，让人欲罢不能。
评分这部作品最令我难忘的是它所传达的那种希望与渺茫并存的复杂情感。在面对巨大的未知和潜在的威胁时，书中人物所展现出的勇气、智慧和坚持，让我深受感动。即使在最黑暗的时刻，他们也从未放弃寻找光明。这种坚韧不拔的精神，以及对连接和理解的渴望，是这部作品最打动我的地方。它让我相信，即使面对无法想象的挑战，人类也总能找到前进的力量。
评分我非常欣赏作者在塑造人物时所展现出的深度和复杂性。他笔下的角色并非脸谱化，而是有着各自的动机、弱点和成长轨迹。即使是那些看似配角的存在，也同样血肉丰满，他们的出现往往能推动剧情的发展，或者提供新的视角。我尤其喜欢作者对于主角内心挣扎的描绘，那些在理智与情感、责任与个人需求之间的摇摆，都显得格外真实，让我能够感同身受，甚至在某些时刻，觉得自己就是那个身处困境的主角。
评分我必须赞扬作者在语言运用上的精妙。他善于运用比喻和象征，将抽象的概念具象化，使得那些深奥的哲学思想变得易于理解。他的文字就像一幅幅精美的画卷，在我脑海中徐徐展开，让我能够清晰地看见作者想要表达的一切。同时，他的语言又充满了诗意，在叙事中融入了对美的追求，让阅读的过程本身也成为一种享受。
评分这本书最让我着迷的地方，在于它对于“沟通”这一主题的深入探讨。它不仅仅是关于语言的交流，更是关于理解，关于连接，关于在完全不同的存在之间建立桥梁的艰难与必要。我常常在阅读时停下来，思考作者抛出的那些关于信息、意识以及生命本质的问题。这些问题没有简单的答案，却引发了我内心深处的共鸣，促使我重新审视自己与周围世界的关系。这种互动式的阅读体验，让这本书不仅仅是一个故事，更成为了一种精神的洗礼。
评分这本书带给我的不仅仅是阅读的乐趣，更是一种思考的启迪。作者所探讨的议题，如时间和空间的本质、人类的渺小与伟大、以及宇宙的奥秘，都让我陷入了长久的沉思。我常常会在合上书本之后，仍然沉浸在故事的氛围中，回味那些令人印象深刻的场景和对话。这种能够引发持续思考的作品，在我看来，无疑是一部伟大的作品。
评分hail to original stories
评分hail to original stories
评分The one of the very few books I would read multiple times.
评分鉴于我可能一时半会不能把一生的故事整本读完，来单独标记这一篇。很多精巧的设计电影里很可惜没能展现，短小精悍，越回味越美妙。
评分鉴于我可能一时半会不能把一生的故事整本读完，来单独标记这一篇。很多精巧的设计电影里很可惜没能展现，短小精悍，越回味越美妙。
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