Published By
Created On
24 Feb 2019 22:01:10 UTC
Transaction ID
Cost
Safe for Work
Free
Yes
Ted Chiang--Stories of Your Life and Others
Title: Stories of Your Life and Others
Author: Ted Chiang
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction
Description:
Ted Chiangs first published story, Tower of Babylon, won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimovs SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in modern SF. Now, collected here for the first time are all seven of this extraordinary writers stories so far-plus an eighth story written especially for this volume. What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heavens other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Stories of your life . . . and others. The widely celebrated SF author Ted Chiang lives near Seattle, Washington. Ted Chiangs first published short story, Tower of Babylon, won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimovs SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. Chiang also won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in modern SF. Now--collected here for the first time--are all seven of his extraordinary stories thus far, plus an eighth yarn written especially for this volume. What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven--and broke through to Heavens other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous and engrossing questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. These are Stories of Your Life and Others. Hell Is the Absence of God is perhaps one of the best fantasy novellas ever written . . . [It] alone would justify the rest of the material in [this book]. But the collection does not need this kind of support. Summarizing these stories does not do justice to Chiangs talent. Seemingly ordinary ideas are pursued ruthlessly, their tendons flayed, their bones exposed. Chiang derides lazy thinking, weasels it out of its hiding place, and leaves it cowering.--The Washington Post The stakes are high in all of Chiangs stories, for their social and existential implications concern him as much as their construction . . . He puts the science back in SF--brilliantly.--Booklist (starred review) Essential. You wont know SF if you dont read Ted Chiang.--Greg Bear Chiang is one of the rare contemporary SF writers who has made his considerable reputation without producing one novel. His stories brim with originality and seduce with their complexity.--Ellen Datlow One of our very best writers . . . Chiang will astonish you.--James Patrick Kelly The first must-read SF book of the year.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
(This version adds The Lifecycle of Software Objects along with story notes. The EPUB code has also been cleaned up to bring the
file size down from 1.09 MB to 775 KB. Version 2 corrected 2 small format errors found in The Merchant and the Alchemists Gate)
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang in EPUB format containing the following stories
Tower of Babylon, 1990 first appeared in Omni.
Understand, 1991 first appeared in Asimovs.
Division by Zero, 1991 first appeared in Full Spectrum 3.
Story of Your Life, 1998 first appeared in Starlight 2.
Seventy-Two Letters, 2000 first appeared in Vanishing Acts.
The Evolution of Human Science, 2000 first appeared in Nature under the title Catching Crumbs from the Table.
Hell Is the Absence of God, 2001 first appeared in Starlight 3.
Liking What You See A Documentary, 2002.
The following stories have also been added to this ebook
Whats Expected of Us, 2006 first appeared in Nature.
The Merchant and the Alchemists Gate, 2007 appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Exhalation, 2008 first appeared in Eclipse 2 New Science Fiction and Fantasy.
The Lifecycle of Software Objects, 2010.
Author: Ted Chiang
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction
Description:
Ted Chiangs first published story, Tower of Babylon, won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimovs SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in modern SF. Now, collected here for the first time are all seven of this extraordinary writers stories so far-plus an eighth story written especially for this volume. What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heavens other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Stories of your life . . . and others. The widely celebrated SF author Ted Chiang lives near Seattle, Washington. Ted Chiangs first published short story, Tower of Babylon, won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimovs SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. Chiang also won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in modern SF. Now--collected here for the first time--are all seven of his extraordinary stories thus far, plus an eighth yarn written especially for this volume. What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven--and broke through to Heavens other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous and engrossing questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. These are Stories of Your Life and Others. Hell Is the Absence of God is perhaps one of the best fantasy novellas ever written . . . [It] alone would justify the rest of the material in [this book]. But the collection does not need this kind of support. Summarizing these stories does not do justice to Chiangs talent. Seemingly ordinary ideas are pursued ruthlessly, their tendons flayed, their bones exposed. Chiang derides lazy thinking, weasels it out of its hiding place, and leaves it cowering.--The Washington Post The stakes are high in all of Chiangs stories, for their social and existential implications concern him as much as their construction . . . He puts the science back in SF--brilliantly.--Booklist (starred review) Essential. You wont know SF if you dont read Ted Chiang.--Greg Bear Chiang is one of the rare contemporary SF writers who has made his considerable reputation without producing one novel. His stories brim with originality and seduce with their complexity.--Ellen Datlow One of our very best writers . . . Chiang will astonish you.--James Patrick Kelly The first must-read SF book of the year.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
(This version adds The Lifecycle of Software Objects along with story notes. The EPUB code has also been cleaned up to bring the
file size down from 1.09 MB to 775 KB. Version 2 corrected 2 small format errors found in The Merchant and the Alchemists Gate)
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang in EPUB format containing the following stories
Tower of Babylon, 1990 first appeared in Omni.
Understand, 1991 first appeared in Asimovs.
Division by Zero, 1991 first appeared in Full Spectrum 3.
Story of Your Life, 1998 first appeared in Starlight 2.
Seventy-Two Letters, 2000 first appeared in Vanishing Acts.
The Evolution of Human Science, 2000 first appeared in Nature under the title Catching Crumbs from the Table.
Hell Is the Absence of God, 2001 first appeared in Starlight 3.
Liking What You See A Documentary, 2002.
The following stories have also been added to this ebook
Whats Expected of Us, 2006 first appeared in Nature.
The Merchant and the Alchemists Gate, 2007 appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Exhalation, 2008 first appeared in Eclipse 2 New Science Fiction and Fantasy.
The Lifecycle of Software Objects, 2010.
Author
Content Type
Ted Chiang
application/x-ext-mobi
Language
English
More from the publisher
100,000,000.00 LBC
IMAGE
TERST
primepage2-2
sdfgsdfgfdgf
Transaction
Created
1 year ago
Content Type
Language
image/png
English
STAR
star-wars-enemy-lines-i-rebel-dream-aaron-allston-mobi
Title: Star Wars_ Enemy Lines I_ Rebel Dream
Author: Aaron Allston
File Type: Mobi
Transaction
Created
1 year ago
Content Type
Language
application/octet-stream
English
LAWRE
LawrenceBlockTheBurglarWhoTradedTedWilliams
Title: The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
Author: Lawrence Block
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Mystery
Description:
Bernie Rhodenbarr is actually trying to earn an honest living. It's been an entire year since he's entered anyone's abode illegally to help himself to their valuables. But now an unscrupulous landlord's threat to increase Bernie's rent by 1,000% is driving the bookseller and reformed burglar back to a life of crime -- though, in all fairness, it's a very short trip. And when the cops wrongly accuse him of stealing a priceless collection of baseball cards, Bernie's stuck with a worthless alibi since he was busy burgling a different apartment at the time . . . one that happened to contain a dead body locked inside a bathroom. So Bernie has a dilemma. He can trade a burglary charge for a murder rap. Or he can shuffle all the cards himself and try to find the joker in the deck -- someone, perhaps, who believes that homicide is the real Great American Pastime.
Transaction
Created
1 year ago
Content Type
Language
application/x-ext-mobi
English
GARTH
GarthNixSabriel
Title: Sabriel
Author: Garth Nix
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Young Adult
Description:Amazon.com ReviewAfter receiving a cryptic message from her father, Abhorsen, a necromancer trapped in Death, 18-year-old Sabriel sets off into the Old Kingdom. Fraught with peril and deadly trickery, her journey takes her to a world filled with parasitical spirits, Mordicants, and Shadow Hands. Unlike other necromancers, who raise the dead, Abhorsen lays the disturbed dead back to rest. This obliges him--and now Sabriel, who has taken on her father's title and duties--to slip over the border into the icy river of Death, sometimes battling the evil forces that lurk there, waiting for an opportunity to escape into the realm of the living. Desperate to find her father, and grimly determined to help save the Old Kingdom from destruction by the horrible forces of the evil undead, Sabriel endures almost impossible exhaustion, violent confrontations, and terrifying challenges to her supernatural abilities--and her destiny. Garth Nix delves deep into the mystical underworld of necromancy, magic, and the monstrous undead. This tale is not for the faint of heart; imbedded in the classic good-versus-evil story line are subplots of grisly ghouls hungry for human life to perpetuate their stay in the world of the living, and dark, devastating secrets of betrayal and loss. Just try to put this book down. For more along this line, try Nix's later novel: __. (Ages 12 and older) --Emilie CoulterFrom Publishers WeeklySabriel is her last year at Wyverley College, a private school in Ancelstierre, where Magic does not work, but near the Border with the Old Kingdom, where it does. She and her father are also highly skilled necromancers, who fight the dead who seek to return to Life. But when her father is somehow trapped in Death, she must journey into the Old Kingdom to find him. She does not know that it is wracked by struggle (like that in Ursula LeGuin's The Farthest Shore)-a magician has brought chaos by refusing to die and hopes to use Sabriel and her father to further consolidate his power. Sabriel goes on a long journey throughout a densely imagined world, learning as she goes, and meeting such strange characters as Mogget, a raging natural force contained in the shape of a cat. She also develops a relationship with Touchstone, a young man who turns out to be as crucially involved as she is. Although Sabriel is possessed of much heavy knowledge (A year ago, I turned the final page of The Book of the Dead. I don't feel young any more), she is still a teenager and vulnerable where her father and love for Touchstone are concerned, making her a sympathetic heroine. Rich, complex, involving, hard to put down, this first novel, an Australian import, is excellent high fantasy. The suitably climactic ending leaves no loose ends, but readers will hope for a sequel. Ages 12-up. 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Transaction
Created
1 year ago
Content Type
Language
application/octet-stream
English
JUSTI
JustinRichardsDoctorWhoOptionLock
Title: Doctor Who_ Option Lock
Author: Justin Richards
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
Description:On contemporary Earth, the Doctor and Sam discover an ancient secret society is trying to start a nuclear war. An optical mystery compounds their confusion and the mysterious US-owned Station Nine brings further problems for them to resolve.
Transaction
Created
1 year ago
Content Type
Language
application/x-ext-mobi
English
STAR
star-wars-splinter-of-the-minds-eye-alan-dean-foster-mobi
Title: Star Wars_ Splinter of the Mind's Eye
Author: Alan Dean Foster
File Type: Mobi
Transaction
Created
1 year ago
Content Type
Language
application/octet-stream
English
JOHN
JohnFlanaganHaltsPeril
Title: Halt's Peril
Author: John Flanagan
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fantasy
Description:
The renegade outlaw group known as the Outsiders may have been chased from Clonmel, but not before killing HaltÕs only brother. Now Rangers Halt and Will, along with the young warrior Horace, are in pursuit. The Outsiders have done an effective job of dividing the kingdom into factions and are looking to overtake Araluen. It will take every bit of skill and cunning for the Rangers to survive. Some may not be so lucky. The international bestselling RangerÕs Apprentice series turns up the tension in John FlanaganÕs latest epic of battles and bravery.
Transaction
Created
1 year ago
Content Type
Language
application/x-ext-mobi
English
MELOD
MelodyThomasClaimedbyaScottishLord
Title: Claimed by a Scottish Lord
Author: Melody Thomas
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Romance:Historical
Description:
The Dragons Captive
Raised behind the walls of Hope Abbey, Rose Lancasters sheltered upbringing never prepared her for a man like Lord Roxburghe. The fabled Black Dragon, Ruark Kerr hasnt been seen in his Scottish homeland for more than a decade—and now he has burst into Roses world to take her hostage, intending to trade her for the life of his young brother. But Rose does not fear this savage, powerful lord . . . and she guards a dangerous secret.
Villainy called Ruark back to the borderlands, but now that hes claimed his prize his path is less certain. If he does not turn her over to his enemy, a boy may die. Yet gentle, lovely Rose soothes his vengeful spirit, and the longer she remains with him, the hotter his passion for her burns.
Transaction
Created
1 year ago
Content Type
Language
application/x-ext-mobi
English
DEAN
DeanKoontzMrMurder
Title: Mr. Murder
Author: Dean Koontz
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Suspense
Description:
Now repackaged with new cover art, this classic features a new Afterword by Koontz. Mystery writer Marty Stillwater's idyllic life is shattered when a stranger breaks into his house claiming to be the real Martin Stillwater and begins a terrifying campaign to eliminate Marty. Reissue.
Transaction
Created
1 year ago
Content Type
Language
application/octet-stream
English