March Make-up Book Club – Ted Chiang on EXHALATION
July 11, 2023— 8 PM EST to 9 PM EST
July Book Club
Ted Chiang’s Exhalation
Hosted by Mary Robinette Kowal
Join Mary Robinette’s Patreon at the Classes & Book Club tier to join in the discussion of Ted Chiang’s short story, Exhalation.Â
You can read the short story for free on Lightspeed.Â
Or buy Ted’s collection of short stories that includes Exhalation here.
About the Author: Ted Chiang’s fiction has won four Hugo, four Nebula, and four Locus awards, and has been featured in The Best American Short Stories. His debut collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, and has been translated into twenty-one languages. He was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and currently lives near Seattle Washington.
About the collection: Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.
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 second chances. In “Exhalation,” an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom,” the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will. Â