Exhalation

奥斯卡提名电影《降临》原著作者新作

全新科幻短篇小说集

探索了另一个世界、自由意志、遗憾和外星人。 

Author：Ted Chiang

Format：Paperback | 208 pages

Dimensions：130 x 197 x 23mm | 266g

Publication date：16 May 2020

Publisher：Pan MacMillan

Language：English

ISBN10：1529014492

ISBN13：9781529014495

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

《你一生的预言：电影「降临」原著小说》作者姜峯楠全新科幻短篇故事集

姜峯楠再次推出令人惊艳科幻短篇小说集，集结科幻小说的精华：科技的发展与AI失控，当然还有必不可少的外星生物，以及穿越时空题材。

本书充满启发性的点子与对人物深深的同情，收录作者的经典作品及未曾曝光的全新创作。在〈商人与炼金术师的门〉中，穿越时空的入口，迫使一位纺织商人回到古老的巴格达，去弥补过去的错误；在〈呼吸〉中，外星科学家，发现一个惊人的事实，不仅危害自己的种族，更可能危及所有真实的生存；〈软件的生生世世〉里，一名女子辛勤的照顾人工智能超过二十年，让这智能可以幻化成栩栩如生的活体投影。

在这些科幻题材的背后，作者提出最古老的质问：宇宙的本质是什么？到底是什么成就人性与造物？一举把科幻小说推向深具省思与绝美的境界，探索科技与知识的结合的果实，潜意识与自由意志，还有人性欲望。九个故事提供新的世界观，让读者一同徜徉于物理与科技的谬思，及文学的风趣当中。

'A marvelous, astonishing collection that we would do well to read before the worlds it conjures are upon us. Urgently recommended.’ Alan Moore

The New York Times Bestseller

From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others – the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrival – comes a groundbreaking second collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories.

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 reality. And in ‘The Lifecycle of Software Objects’, a woman cares for an artificial intelligence over twenty years, elevating a faddish digital pet into what might be a true living being. Also included are two previously unpublished stories: ‘Omphalos’ and ‘Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom’.

In Exhalation, Ted Chiang wrestles with the oldest questions on earth – What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human? – and ones that no one else has even imagined. And, each in its own way, the stories prove that complex and thoughtful science fiction can rise to new heights of beauty, meaning, and compassion.

姜峯楠，英文译名特德·姜（Ted Chiang）（1967年－）是美国科幻小说作家。

他的短篇小说曾获得四项星云奖、四项雨果奖、约翰·W·坎贝尔最佳新作家奖、四项轨迹奖和其他奖项。他的短篇小说《你一生的故事》在2016年被改编成电影《降临》。