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This thread had 2 very good links to Chiang short stories: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/ http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exha

by neves 10y ago

This thread had 2 very good links to Chiang short stories: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/ http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/ http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2010/fiction_the_lifecycle_of_software_objects_by_ted_chiang http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2010/fiction_the_... Do you have any more good links to free Chiang stories?

yolesaber 10y ago
My personal favorite, "The Great Silence" - http://supercommunity.e-flux.com/texts/the-great-silence/ http://supercommunity.e-flux.com/texts/the-great-silence/
nyolfen 10y ago
Division by Zero: https://web.archive.org/web/20110319012240/http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/division/full/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110319012240/http://www.fantas... > A brilliant mathematician wrestles with the consequences of her earthshattering proof. Understand: https://web.archive.org/web/20110527120639/http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/under.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110527120639/http://www.infini... > An experimental treatment bestows a regular person with superintelligence, propelling him into a dangerous series of mindgames. Story of Your Life: http://web.archive.org/web/20101206050220/http://guccipiggy.objectis.net/prose/storyofyourlife http://web.archive.org/web/20101206050220/http://guccipiggy.... > A talented linguist reflects on her life as she struggles to grasp the meaning of an alien language. Nebula Award (Best Novella). [this is the story the recent film Arrival is based on] Seventy-Two Letters: http://web.archive.org/web/20010802144026/http://www.tor.com/72ltrs.html http://web.archive.org/web/20010802144026/http://www.tor.com... > In a world where mystical scrolls impart animating power, a shocking discovery threatens to upend society. Hell is the Absence of God: http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/70896/Chiang_-_Hell_Is_the_Absence_of_God.html http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/70896/Chiang_-_Hell... > An unbeliever struggles with the question of faith when God is scientific fact and angels routinely visit the earth. Hugo, Locus, Nebula Awards (Best Novelette). What's expected of us: http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/whats_expected.html http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/w... > A simple time machine undermines the concept of free will, with disastrous consequences. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate: http://web.archive.org/web/20120911120914/http://www.dregston.com/boards/read.php?16,22867,22867 http://web.archive.org/web/20120911120914/http://www.dregsto... > An ancient alchemist introduces a traveling merchant to a mysterious time-traveling gateway. Hugo, Nebula Awards (Best Novelette). [I looted these from here, fixing the broken links I could and excluding the ones I couldn't: http://www.metafilter.com/98974/This-isnt-your-grandfathers-science-fiction http://www.metafilter.com/98974/This-isnt-your-grandfathers-... -- there are a few more links in there, including some essays.]
- teraflop 10y ago
  I think "Seventy-Two Letters" might be of particular interest to the HN audience. It's not that amazing in terms of literary merit (especially the way it just just sort of fizzles out at the end) but it's based on a particularly clever combination of ideas.
  - SonOfLilit 10y ago
    And if you liked it you might love Scott Alexanders short The Study of Anglophysics[1] and his web serial Unsong[2] [1] http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/03/the-study-of-anglophysics/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/03/the-study-of-anglophysi... [2] https://www.unsongbook.com https://www.unsongbook.com
JadeNB 10y ago
The published version of "The lifecycle of software objects" has some lovely line drawings, which I am sorry not to see in the linked version.
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by neves 10y ago

yolesaber 10y ago

My personal favorite, "The Great Silence" - http://supercommunity.e-flux.com/texts/the-great-silence/ http://supercommunity.e-flux.com/texts/the-great-silence/

nyolfen 10y ago

Division by Zero: https://web.archive.org/web/20110319012240/http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/division/full/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110319012240/http://www.fantas... > A brilliant mathematician wrestles with the consequences of her earthshattering proof. Understand: https://web.archive.org/web/20110527120639/http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/under.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110527120639/http://www.infini... > An experimental treatment bestows a regular person with superintelligence, propelling him into a dangerous series of mindgames. Story of Your Life: http://web.archive.org/web/20101206050220/http://guccipiggy.objectis.net/prose/storyofyourlife http://web.archive.org/web/20101206050220/http://guccipiggy.... > A talented linguist reflects on her life as she struggles to grasp the meaning of an alien language. Nebula Award (Best Novella). [this is the story the recent film Arrival is based on] Seventy-Two Letters: http://web.archive.org/web/20010802144026/http://www.tor.com/72ltrs.html http://web.archive.org/web/20010802144026/http://www.tor.com... > In a world where mystical scrolls impart animating power, a shocking discovery threatens to upend society. Hell is the Absence of God: http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/70896/Chiang_-_Hell_Is_the_Absence_of_God.html http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/70896/Chiang_-_Hell... > An unbeliever struggles with the question of faith when God is scientific fact and angels routinely visit the earth. Hugo, Locus, Nebula Awards (Best Novelette). What's expected of us: http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/whats_expected.html http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/w... > A simple time machine undermines the concept of free will, with disastrous consequences. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate: http://web.archive.org/web/20120911120914/http://www.dregston.com/boards/read.php?16,22867,22867 http://web.archive.org/web/20120911120914/http://www.dregsto... > An ancient alchemist introduces a traveling merchant to a mysterious time-traveling gateway. Hugo, Nebula Awards (Best Novelette). [I looted these from here, fixing the broken links I could and excluding the ones I couldn't: http://www.metafilter.com/98974/This-isnt-your-grandfathers-science-fiction http://www.metafilter.com/98974/This-isnt-your-grandfathers-... -- there are a few more links in there, including some essays.]

teraflop 10y ago
I think "Seventy-Two Letters" might be of particular interest to the HN audience. It's not that amazing in terms of literary merit (especially the way it just just sort of fizzles out at the end) but it's based on a particularly clever combination of ideas.
- SonOfLilit 10y ago
  And if you liked it you might love Scott Alexanders short The Study of Anglophysics[1] and his web serial Unsong[2] [1] http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/03/the-study-of-anglophysics/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/03/the-study-of-anglophysi... [2] https://www.unsongbook.com https://www.unsongbook.com

JadeNB 10y ago

The published version of "The lifecycle of software objects" has some lovely line drawings, which I am sorry not to see in the linked version.

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