(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Ted Chiang
1) Arrival
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Publication Date
2016.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
2) Exhalation
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters. 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 the temptation of second chances. In the epistolary "Exhalation," an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications not just for his own people, but for all of...
3) Arrival
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team, including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers, and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.