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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 inconsistent? What if there was a science of naming things which 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 Hell was a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Collected here for the first time are eight of his extraordinary stories - including one specially written for this volume.
| ISBN | 1405041021 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9781405041027
(What's this?) | | Pages | 336 | | Publisher | Pan Macmillan | | Weight (grammes) | 479 | | Imprint | Tor | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 20 Feb 2004 | | Width (mm) | 153 | | Library of Congress | PS3553 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY | 813.54 | | Academic level | General |
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"Essential. You won't know SF if you don't read Ted Chiang."-Greg Bear "Ted Chiang is one of the rare contemporary science-fiction writers who has made his considerable reputation without producing one novel. His stories brim with originality and seduce with their complexity."-Ellen Datlow "One of our very best writers. Prepare: Ted Chiang will astonish you."-James Patrick Kelly  Be the first to write a customer review
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