L'immense talent de Ted Chiang consiste à inventer des mondes radicalement nouveaux, ne répondant pas à nos lois physiques, dans lesquels les machines en disent long sur notre humanité. Dans « Le marchand et la porte de l'alchimiste », conte semblable à ceux des Mille et Une Nuits, un commerçant de...
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 ...
Here are eight astonishing science-fiction stories that explore the boundaries between science and religion, between determinism and our ability to choose, between words and the entities they describe. Here are stories of conceptual breakthrough ... of making sense of the universe and our place in i...
The inspiration for the major motion picture "Arrival," starring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, and directed by Denis Villeneuve. “Shining, haunting, mind-blowing tales . . . Ted Chiang is so exhilarating so original so stylish he just leaves you speechless.” --Junot Díaz Stories of Y...
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREPreviously published as Stories of Your Life and OthersWith his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative p...
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Previously published as Story 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. “Shining, haunting, mind-blowing tales . . . Ted Chiang is so exhilarating, so ...