![]() At least, that’s my guess, as I haven’t read any author notes. ![]() wrong, and Chiang has managed to translate that into a kind of steampunk-ish robot setting. This time the main focus is on neuroscience, and the debate on the classic boxological Theory Of Mind: do our brains have representations of their content inside their brains, or not? The Nobel Prize winning research by Kandel and O’Keefe & the Mosers on rats has proven the classic T.o.M. It tries to convey a message – the clichéd ‘be thankful for the wonder of existence’, but more importantly, because it follows the typical Chiang template: he read some interesting stuff, and tries to mold his newfound wisdom into a story. But sadly, for my taste, it’s also a bit too didactic, for two reasons. It turned out to be a typical Chiang story: exquisitely crafted, good prose, convincing atmosphere, smart ideas. ![]() As it is available for free on Lightspeed Magazine’s site, I decided to read just that. It also won three major awards: the Hugo, Locus and BSFA. But then I read a glowing review on Speculiction that dubbed the title story “one of the greatest science fiction stories ever written”. So at first I decided to skip Exhalation: Stories, his second collection, published in 2019. ![]() There’s something about this guy: he can write – but are these really, truly stories? I was conflicted about Stories of Your Life and Others, Ted Chiang’s much lauded first collection. ![]()
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