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Tower of Babylon

By Ted Chiang

By Ted Chiang

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May 04, 2016 | ISBN 9781101974421

Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
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About Tower of Babylon

A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Selection
 
Together with a crew of other miners and cart-pullers, Hillalum is recruited to climb the Tower of Babylon and unearth what lies beyond the vault of heaven. During his journey, Hillalum discovers entire civilizations of tower-dwellers on the tower—there are those who live inside the mists of clouds, those who raise their vegetables above the sun, and those who have spent their lives under the oppressive weight of an endless, white stratum at the top of the universe.
 
“Tower of Babylon” is a rare gem—a winner of the prestigious Nebula award, the first story Ted Chiang ever published, and the brilliant opening piece to Chiang’s much-lauded first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, which is soon to be a major motion picture starring Amy Adams.
 
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About Ted Chiang

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, has been translated into twenty-one languages. He was born in Port Jefferson,… More about Ted Chiang

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Literary Fiction

Ebook | $0.99
Published by Vintage
May 04, 2016 | 32 Pages | ISBN 9781101974421
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Praise

Praise for Ted Chiang and Stories of Your Life and Others:

“Ted is a national treasure . . . each of those stories is a goddamned jewel.” —Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing
 
“Chiang is so exhilarating so original so stylish he just leaves you speechless. I always suggest a person read at least 52 books a year for proper mental functioning but if you only have time for one, be at peace: you found it.” —Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
 
“Meticulously pieced together, utterly thought through, Chiang’s stories emerge slowly . . . but with the perfection of slow-growing crystal.” —Lev Grossman, Best of the Decade: Science Fiction and Fantasy, Techland.com
 
“Chiang derides lazy thinking, weasels it out of its hiding place, and leaves it cowering.” —Washington Post

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