&ldquo;The universe began as an enormous breath being held.&rdquo; From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others&mdash;the basis for the Academy Award &ndash;nominated film Arrival&mdash;comes a groundbreaking new collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. These are tales that tackle some of humanity&rsquo;s oldest questions along with new quandaries only Ted Chiang could imagine. In &ldquo;The Merchant and the Alchemist&rsquo;s Gate,&rdquo; a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and second chances. In &ldquo;Exhalation,&rdquo; an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In &ldquo;Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom,&rdquo; the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will. Including stories being published for the first time as well as some of his rare and classic uncollected work,&#160;Exhalation&#160;is Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic&mdash;revelatory.

Exhalation by Ted Chiang, read by Edoardo Ballerini, Dominic Hoffman, Amy Landon, Ted Chiang

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Exhalation by Ted Chiang, read by Edoardo Ballerini, Dominic Hoffman, Amy Landon, Ted Chiang

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