New Releases by Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang is the author of Expiration (2022), Expiração (2021), Εκπνοή (2021), Utandning (2021), Respiro (2021), Die große Stille (2020).

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Expiration

release date: Jan 01, 2022
Expiration
Neuf nouvelles dont le dénominateur commun est la question de l''existence ou non du libre arbitre. L''auteur y répond en mettant en scène des personnages aux prises avec divers artefacts ou machines : une étrange porte à Bagdad, des organismes numériques intelligents ou encore le prisme, qui permet de parler à son double. Trois des neuf nouvelles du recueil ont été récompensées par le prix Hugo.

Expiração

release date: Jul 06, 2021
Expiração
Em nova coletânea, um dos principais autores contemporâneos de ficção científica continua a estimular reflexões sobre as grandes questões da humanidade Depois um dos contos de História da sua vida e outros contos ter inspirado o filme A Chegada–, Ted Chiang volta a nos apresentar nove histórias, sete delas publicadas entre 2005 e 2015 e duas inéditas. O conto que dá título ao livro, ganhador do prêmio Hugo em 2009, é a mensagem alarmante de uma civilização muito mais avançada e já extinta de seres com órgãos mecânicos. Com cilindros de ar no lugar de pulmões, eles acreditam que viverão para sempre, até que um cientista resolve investigar a si mesmo e faz uma incrível descoberta: o ar respirável só existe porque seu fluxo no universo está em desequilíbrio, numa espécie de osmose. Já “O Grande Silêncio” mostra os esforços dos seres humanos em busca de vida inteligente alienígena, apesar de não conseguirem conviver sequer com outras espécies no próprio planeta. Em “A ânsia é a vertigem da liberdade”, Chiang cria um mundo onde se questiona o tempo inteiro a existência do livre-arbítrio, uma vez que existe um dispositivo que permite que as pessoas se comuniquem com versões de si mesmas em universos paralelos. Se hoje dispomos de gadgets com inteligência artificial em uma fase quase inicial de desenvolvimento, em “O ciclo de vida dos objetos de software” vemos como a ideia de animais e pessoas robotizadas com níveis de inteligência artificial elevados ao extremo nos faria repensar os conceitos de “ser vivo” e “direitos”. Misturando doses certas de ficção científica às nossas questões mais antigas enquanto espécie e indivíduos, a narrativa de Chiang impressiona e estimula profundas reflexões sobre o homem, a humanidade, a sociedade e o livre-arbítrio.

Εκπνοή

release date: Jun 28, 2021
Εκπνοή
Οι εννέα ιστορίες που μας προσφέρει στην Εκπνοή ο Ted Chiang, ίσως ο σπουδαιότερος εν ζωή συγγραφέας επιστημονικής φαντασίας, δεν εκτυλίσσονται σε κανέναν μακρινό γαλαξία, εκατοντάδες χρόνια από εδώ. Για την ακρίβεια ο κόσμος του ελάχιστα απέχει από τον δικό μας. Με μια εκ πρώτης όψεως χαλαρή φιλοσοφική διάθεση και όχημα τεχνολογίες ένα δυο βήματα πιο εξελιγμένες από τη δική μας, ο πολυβραβευμένος Chiang εξερευνά σε εκπληκτικό βάθος οικεία ερωτήματα, που απασχολούν τον άνθρωπο εδώ και αιώνες: Μπορούμε άραγε να ταξιδέψουμε στον χρόνο; Έχει ο άνθρωπος πραγματικά ελεύθερη βούληση; Πώς επηρεάζει η μνήμη και η ανάμνηση αυτό που είμαστε; Ποια πλάσματα θεωρούνται έμβια; Ή ακόμη τι θα συνέβαινε αν ήμασταν σε θέση να παρακολουθήσουμε εναλλακτικές εκδοχές της ζωής μας; Η συγγραφική ιδιοφυΐα του Chiang αντιλαμβάνεται καλύτερα από οποιονδήποτε την επίδραση της επιστήμης και της τεχνολογίας στην ανθρώπινη φύση και στοχάζεται πάνω σε αυτή με έναν τρόπο που δεν μπορεί να αφήσει κανέναν ασυγκίνητο. Υπερβαίνοντας με ευκολία τα όρια ανάμεσα στα λογοτεχνικά είδη, η Εκπνοή προκαλεί, αμφισβητεί και εμπνέει, προσφέροντας παράλληλα μια γνήσια αναγνωστική απόλαυση.

Utandning

release date: Mar 03, 2021
Utandning
”Universum började som en ofantlig inandning.” Misstag i det förflutna, den fria viljans vara eller icke vara och möjligheten till en andra chans. I nio förunderliga, originella och provokativa noveller tar den amerikanske författaren Ted Chiang sig an några av mänsklighetens mest grundläggande frågeställningar. Utandning tar både vetenskap och fiktion på största allvar och söker efter nya svar på frågan: Vad innebär det att vara människa? Utandning publicerades på engelska 2019 och är Ted Chiangs andra novellsamling, sedan tidigare finns debuten Berättelser om ditt liv på svenska (Fri Tanke 2020). Boken valdes ut som en av de tio bästa böckerna 2019 av The New York Times Book Review. ”Utandning av Ted Chiang är en samling korta berättelser som kommer att få dig att tänka, brottas med stora frågor, och känna dig mer mänsklig. Den bästa sortens science fiction.” – Barack Obama

Respiro

release date: Jan 01, 2021
Respiro
This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters. In the "Exhalation," an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications not just for his own people, but for all of reality.

Die große Stille

release date: Oct 30, 2020
Die große Stille
Dieser Erzählband enthält neun originelle, kreative und ergreifende Geschichten, von denen vier zum ersten Mal auf Deutsch erscheinen. Ted Chiang geht darin einige der ältesten Fragen der Menschheit an, beschreibt aber auch neue Dilemmata, wie nur er sie sich ausdenken kann. »Der Kaufmann am Portal des Alchimisten« zum Beispiel handelt von einem Stoffverkäufer im alten Bagdad, dem es möglich wird, durch die Zeit zu reisen, was dazu führt, dass er sich mit vergangenen Fehlern und unerwarteten zweiten Chancen auseinandersetzen muss. In »Ausatmung« macht ein außerirdischer Wissenschaftler eine schockierende Entdeckung mit im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes universellen Auswirkungen. Dagegen geht es in »Die Wahrheit der Fakten, die Wahrheit des Empfindens« um digitale Erinnerungen, Lebenslügen und was im Leben wirklich zählt. Und »Angst ist der Taumel der Freiheit« erzählt davon, was passiert, wenn man mithilfe von »Prismen« einen Blick in Parallelwelten werfen und überprüfen kann, wie es einem durch eine anders getroffene Entscheidung ergangen wäre: ein teures Vergnügen, das Suchtcharakter entwickelt ... Ted Chiang at his best: tiefgründig, mitfühlend – offenbarend

Geteilt durch Null

release date: Oct 30, 2020
Geteilt durch Null
In dieser meisterhaften Sammlung vermischt der mit allen wichtigen SF-Preisen ausgezeichnete Autor Ted Chiang menschliche Emotionen und wissenschaftlichen Rationalismus in acht Geschichten, alle in seiner für ihn typischen präzisen und evokativen Prosa erzählt vom babylonischen Turm, der die Erde mit dem Firmament darüber verbindet, zu einer Welt, in der Engelsbesuche ein wundersamer, wenn auch furchteinflößender Teil des Alltagslebens sind; von einer neuronalen Modifikation, die den Reiz der physischen Schönheit eliminiert, zu einer fremden Sprache, die unsere Wahrnehmung von Zeit und Realität herausfordert: Chiangs brillante Fantasie lädt uns ein, unser Verständnis des Universums und unseren Platz in ihm zu hinterfragen. Enthält die Erzählung »Geschichte deines Lebens«, die Vorlage für den oscarnominierten SF-Blockbuster Arrival.

Berättelser om ditt liv

release date: Oct 06, 2020
Berättelser om ditt liv
Detta är en novellsamling som ger nya perspektiv på våra liv och vår plats i universum. Med skarp intelligens och humor undersöker Chiang vad det innebär att vara levande i en värld som präglas av osäkerhet, men även av skönhet och förundran. Vad händer om mänskligheten byggde ett torn från jorden till himlen – och bröt igenom till himmelens andra sida? Tänk om vi upptäckte att matematikens grunder var godtyckliga och inkonsekventa? Tänk om exponering för ett utomjordiskt språk för alltid förändrade vår uppfattning om tid? Vad händer om alla trossatser som den fundamentalistiska kristendomen är byggda på var bokstavligen sanna, och syner av syndare som svaldes i eldiga gropar var en rutinmässig händelse på stadens gator? Dessa är den typ av upprörande frågor som ställs i berättelserna av Ted Chiang. Berättelser om ditt liv (originaltitel: Stories of Your Life and Others), är en prisbelönt samling som bland annat innehåller novellen “Story of your life” som filmen Arrival (2016) i regi av Denis Villeneuve är baserad på.

Ted Chiang Bestselling 2 Books Set

release date: Jun 30, 2020

Exhalación

release date: Jan 01, 2020
Exhalación
Reseña del editor: ¿Qué pasaría si un inocente juguete dinamitara nuestra noción de libre albedrío? ¿Y si fuera posible ponerse en contacto con versiones de nosotros mismos en otras líneas temporales? Si creáramos mascotas virtuales provistas de una inteligencia artificial que les permitiera aprender como si fueran niños humanos, ¿qué clase de compromiso ético deberíamos asumir con su educación y su futuro? ¿Y qué ocurriría si pudiéramos visionar cualquier episodio de nuestra vida tal como sucedió, sin el matiz afectivo y el sesgo interpretativo de lo que llamamos «recuerdos»?No importa cuál sea el tema que trate Ted Chiang en sus narraciones, siempre demuestra una formidable habilidad para indagar en los enigmas de la condición humana y abordar los conflictos éticos que la relación con la tecnología plantea en nuestra existencia. Lejos del enfoque distópico hoy predominante en las narraciones futuristas, las historias de Chiang muestran una perspectiva abiertamente positiva y vitalista, delineando preguntas filosóficas de un enorme calado humano.Ted Chiang es uno de los nombres insoslayables de la ciencia ficción, género en el que desde hace años goza del más sólido prestigio, como atestigua la infinidad de premios que su obra ha recibido; reveladores, elegantes y sorprendentes, los relatos de Exhalación lo sitúan, sencillamente, entre los autores indiscutibles de la literatura estadounidense actual.

呼吸

release date: Dec 01, 2019
呼吸
Simplified Chinese edition of Exhalation: Stories

Wat er van ons wordt verwacht

release date: Sep 19, 2019
Wat er van ons wordt verwacht
VAN DE AUTEUR VAN ‘HET VERHAAL VAN JOUW LEVEN’, DAT DE BASIS VORMDE VOOR DE OSCAR-GENOMINEERDE FILM ARRIVAL. Deze langverwachte nieuwe verhalenbundel van Ted Chiang staat weer vol prachtige en prikkelende korte verhalen. Zo is er ‘De koopman en de poort van de alchemist’, waarin een stoffenverkoper in het Bagdad van lang geleden een tijdreispoort vindt. En ‘De levenscyclus van softwareobjecten’, waarin een vrouw ruim twintig jaar voor een AI zorgt, en een hip digitaal huisdier langzaam in een echt levend wezen verandert. Met Wat er van ons wordt verwacht is Chiang er wederom in geslaagd verhalen te schrijven die sciencefiction tot een kunst verheffen.

Exhalation

release date: May 07, 2019
Exhalation
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and see the world. They are Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic, revelatory. Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine. 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 second chances. In “Exhalation,” an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom,” the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will.

La tour de Babylone

release date: Feb 28, 2018
La tour de Babylone
À Babylone, la construction de la tour touche à sa fin. On va bientôt atteindre la voûte du ciel et découvrir les secrets de Jéhovah. Une mathématicienne aurait trouvé une démonstration capable de mettre à mal les mathématiques, sa vie de couple... et sa vie, tout court. Le premier contact avec les extraterrestres aura également des répercussions inattendues sur le quotidien d’une linguiste réputée. Le destin de Neil Fisk bascule le jour où sa femme est tuée par la visitation d’un ange... Huit nouvelles qui constituent l’intégrale des œuvres de l’auteur entre 1990 et 2002. Huit textes d’une puissance inégalée, lauréats pour la plupart des principaux prix du genre : Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, Sidewise... Huit occasions de découvrir le talent d’un nouveau grand de la science-fiction mondiale.

Storie della tua vita

release date: Jan 01, 2018

História da sua vida e outros contos

release date: Nov 10, 2016
História da sua vida e outros contos
Um dos autores de mais destaque no cenário da ficção científica, Ted Chiang pode ser descrito como um escritor pouco prolífico: tem apenas quinze trabalhos publicados, entre contos e novelas curtas. A pequena produção contrasta com sua expressiva quantidade de premiações: os oito textos reunidos em História da sua vida e outros contos ganharam no total nove importantes prêmios, dentre eles Nebula, Hugo, Locus, Sturgeon, Sidewise e Seiun. Publicadas originalmente em volumes diversos, as narrativas de Ted Chiang estão pela primeira vez reunidas em uma coletânea. Entre as histórias dotadas de rigor científico, humanidade e lirismo estão “A torre da Babilônia”, na qual um minerador sobe a famosa torre com a missão de escavar a abóbada celeste; “Divisão por zero”, uma reflexão precisa e devastadora sobre o fim da esperança e do amor, e “História da sua vida”, na qual uma linguista aprende um idioma alienígena que modifica sua visão de mundo. Com uma prosa límpida e ideias às vezes desconcertantes, Chiang comprova seu inegável talento para a boa ficção científica: a capacidade de contar uma história humana, extremamente bem escrita, na qual a ciência funciona como expressão dos questionamentos mais profundos enfrentados pelos personagens. Um livro repleto de ideias originais e passagens inesquecíveis. O conto que dá título ao livro, “História da sua vida”, foi adaptado para o cinema sob o título A Chegada, numa produção de Denis Villeneuve, estrelada por Amy Adams e Jeremy Renner, e indicada aos prêmios de Melhor Roteiro e Melhor Direção no Festival de Veneza e selecionada como o filme de abertura do Festival do Rio. A Chegada estreia no Brasil em grande circuito em fevereiro de 2017. “Ted Chiang escreve com pouca frequência, mas seus textos, quase inexplicavelmente maravilhosos, transcorrem com a precisão de um relógio suíço e explodem na consciência do leitor com impacto e força devastadores.” Kirkus Reviews “Contos audaciosos, desafiadores e comoventes. As narrativas se assemelham ao trabalho de um Philip K. Dick menos metafísico ou de um Borges com mais caracterização e elementos de ciência.” Publishers Weekly

De verhalen van jouw leven en anderen

release date: Nov 10, 2016
De verhalen van jouw leven en anderen
Wat zou er gebeuren als we uit zouden vinden dat alle wetmatigheden uit de wiskunde eigenlijk willekeurig en inconsistent waren? Wat als we kennis zouden maken met een taal van buitenaardse wezens die onze perceptie van tijd voor altijd zou veranderen? Wat zou er gebeuren als we een toren van Babel zouden bouwen die echt tot in de hemel reikt? Dit soort vragen stelt Ted Chiang in zijn verhalen, die je nog lang aan het denken zetten. Ted Chiang schrijft één verhaal per twee jaar. Zijn manier van schrijven combineert precisie en wetenschappelijke belangstelling met een enorm verteltalent. Zijn verhalen wonnen veel belangrijke prijzen zoals Hugo awards en Nebula awards. Zijn verhaal ‘Het verhaal van jouw leven’ is verfilmd als Arrival met in de hoofdrollen Amy Adams en Forest Whitaker.

Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI)

release date: Nov 01, 2016
Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI)
Previously published as Stories of Your Life and Others. Includes "Story Of Your Life," the basis for the major motion picture Arrival, starring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, and directed by Denis Villeneuve. “A swell movie adaptation always sends me to the source material, so Arrival had me pick up Ted Chiang''s Stories of Your Life and Others: lean, relentless, and incandescent.” —Colson Whitehead, GQ Ted Chiang has long been known as one of the most powerful science fiction writers working today. Offering readers the dual delights of the very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, Arrival presents characters who must confront sudden change. In "Story of Your Life," which provides the basis for the film Arrival, alien lifeforms suddenly appear on Earth. When a linguist is brought in to help communicate with them and discern their intentions, her new knowledge of their language and its nonlinear structure allows her to see future events and all the joy and pain they may bring. In each story of this incredible collection, with sharp intelligence and humor, Ted Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by wonder.

Tower of Babylon

release date: May 04, 2016
Tower of Babylon
A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Selection Together with a crew of other miners and cart-pullers, Hillalum is recruited to climb the Tower of Babylon and unearth what lies beyond the vault of heaven. During his journey, Hillalum discovers entire civilizations of tower-dwellers on the tower—there are those who live inside the mists of clouds, those who raise their vegetables above the sun, and those who have spent their lives under the oppressive weight of an endless, white stratum at the top of the universe. “Tower of Babylon” is a rare gem—a winner of the prestigious Nebula award, the first story Ted Chiang ever published, and the brilliant opening piece to Chiang’s much-lauded first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, which is soon to be a major motion picture starring Amy Adams. An ebook short.

Arrival

release date: Jan 01, 2016
Arrival
"A collection of science fiction short stories, including "Story of Your Life," in which a linguist''s insight into the language of alien lifeforms on Earth and its nonlinear structure help her deal with her divorce and death of her daughter."--Publisher.

A la deriva en el mar de las lluvias y otros relatos

release date: Oct 20, 2015
A la deriva en el mar de las lluvias y otros relatos
Premios Hugo 2010 y 2014, Nebula 2013, British Science Fiction 2012 En A la deriva en el Mar de las Lluvias y otros relatos el lector podrá encontrar emotivas historias acerca del último viaje espacial de una madura mujer astronauta, de las consecuencias de comercializar muñecas capaces de superar el test de Turing, del uso de la animación suspendida para la explotación comercial de cadáveres, del difícil camino hacia el entendimiento y el perdón, de la subjetividad en el terreno de la percepción, de relaciones familiares alternativas surgidas tras un desastre ecológico, bellísimas historias de amor en clave de poema y nuevas oportunidades para la humanidad tras la completa des- trucción de la Tierra. Piezas de ciencia ficción de futuro cercano en su mayoría, inquietantes, sorprendentes, narradas con gran sensibilidad y poseedoras de un fuerte componente filosófico, de la mano de escritores tan destacados como Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Liu, Will McIntosh, Mike Resnick, Ted Chiang, Rachel Swirsky, Carrie Vaughn e Ian Sales; cinco hombres y tres mujeres que evidencian la riqueza y solidez de la narrativa de ciencia ficción actual.

Die Hölle ist die Abwesenheit Gottes

release date: Jan 01, 2011

The Lifecycle of Software Objects

release date: Jan 01, 2010
The Lifecycle of Software Objects
What''s the best way to create artificial intelligence? In 1950, Alan Turing wrote, "Many people think that a very abstract activity, like the playing of chess, would be best. It can also be maintained that it is best to provide the machine with the best sense organs that money can buy, and then teach it to understand and speak English. This process could follow the normal teaching of a child. Things would be pointed out and named, etc. Again I do not know what the right answer is, but I think both approaches should be tried." The first approach has been tried many times in both science fiction and reality. In this new novella, at over 30,000 words, his longest work to date, Ted Chiang offers a detailed imagining of how the second approach might work within the contemporary landscape of startup companies, massively-multiplayer online gaming, and open-source software. It''s a story of two people and the artificial intelligences they helped create, following them for more than a decade as they deal with the upgrades and obsolescence that are inevitable in the world of software. At the same time, it''s an examination of the difference between processing power and intelligence, and of what it means to have a real relationship with an artificial entity.

Купец и волшебные врата

release date: Jan 01, 2010

The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate

release date: Jan 01, 2007
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
This curious time-travel novella is a gracefully told lesson about accepting fate-or, as better suits this medieval Arabian setting, the will of Allah. A Baghdad merchant discovers an alchemical device that can send a traveler back in time 20 years. Despite the alchemist''s warning that "what is made cannot be unmade," and three illustrative tales about others'' attempts to alter the past, the merchant is determined to return to an earlier time to save his long-dead wife

Historia twojego życia

release date: Jan 01, 2006

La historia de tu vida

release date: Jan 01, 2004

Stories of Your Life and Others

release date: Jul 05, 2002
Stories of Your Life and Others
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.

Výdech

Výdech
Nová kniha kultovního autora science fiction Devět ohromujících povídek z blízkých realit, v nichž je něco zásadně jinak. Ted Chiang přináší fantastické odpovědi na otázky, které nás zajímají od nepaměti, a vnáší do nich nová dilemata. Kdybychom měli k dispozici portál v čase, daly by se vymazat naše vlastní skutky z minulosti? Nabídne-li se lidem možnost nahlédnout do nesčetných paralelních světů, jak konkrétně to dokážou využít — anebo zneužít? A jaký by na nás mělo dopad, kdybychom získali praktický důkaz, že svobodná vůle neexistuje? Pokud ve zcela jiných realitách platí stejné fyzikální zákony, můžeme dojít ke shodnému poznání? Co když hledáme ve vesmíru inteligentní život, ale on je tu po celou dobu s námi? ––– Výdech od Teda Chianga je sbírkou povídek, u které se zamyslíte nad velkými otázkami naší existence – a budete si připadat lidštěji. Ten nejlepší druh science fiction. — Barack Obama Brilantní a nápadité dílo, fúze intelektu a emocí. Chiang je zaslouženě řazen mezi mistry krátkých próz, jakými byli E. A. Poe, Harlan Ellison a Ray Bradbury. Jeho myšlenkově vytříbené a čtenářsky vděčné dílo dokazuje, že spekulativní fikce nemusí nabízet jen kvanta vesmírných explozí, ale naopak musí ve stejné míře zapojit i srdce a mozek. — The Washington Post
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