![]() ![]() It makes the stories believable and makes the message and morals more effective. It’s wildly imaginative, yet he works under the scientific constraint. Ted creates a fantastic balance between scientific and technological innovation and keeping it grounded. ![]() Exhalation felt a lot like The Illustrated Man not that the stories were inspired here, it was more of the subject and the treatment of the themes which are similar. His style reminded me of one of my favorite science-fiction authors – Ray Bradbury. ![]() But, I was still taken aback with the brilliance of the stories. So, I wasn’t wholly unaware of his writing. I haven’t read any of his previous work, though I had watched Arrival and loved it. Every story in this book is smart, well crafted, and original. “Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.”Įxhalation by Ted Chiang is the most brilliant book I have read this year, and here I mean “literally” brilliant. ![]()
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