Exhalation: Stories

Named one of the top ten books of 2019, Chiang's collection tackles 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. Profound, sympathetic, and revelatory, these are works of Chiang at his finest. 

Chiang's collection 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 universal ramifications. “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" describes the ability to glimpse into alternate universes that necessitate a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will.

Stories in Ted Chiang's Exhalation:

1. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
2. Exhalation
3. What's Expected of Us
4. The Lifecycle of Software Objects
5. Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny
6. The Truth of Fact the Truth of Feeling
7. The Great Silence
8. Omphalos
9. Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom