About

Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Born in Port Jefferson, New York, in 1967, he received his B.S. at Brown University in computer science. Chiang's writing career began in the mid-1990s with short stories such as "Tower of Babylon" and "Story of Your Life," which won the Nebula and Sturgeon Awards, respectively. His debut collection of short stories, "Stories of Your Life and Others," was published in 2002 and was met with widespread critical acclaim, winning the Nebula, Locus, and Hugo Awards for Best Collection. Chiang's works are known for their depth, philosophical exploration, and skillful blend of science and human emotion. He has been praised by critics for his innovative ideas and elegant prose.

Book Series by Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang Short Stories/Novellas

Tower of Babylon (Short Story)

1990

Understand (in Asimov's) (Short Story)

1991

Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others) (Short Story)

1998

Seventy-Two Letters (in Vanishing Acts) (Short Story)

2000

Hell Is the Absence of God

2001

The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate (Short Story)

2007

The Lifecycle of Software Objects

2010

The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling (Short Story)

2013

The Great Silence (Short Story)

2015

Omphalos (Short Story)

2019

Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom (Short Story)

2019

Ted Chiang Short Story Collections

Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival

2002

Exhalation

2019

Ted Chiang Anthologies

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991

1991

Starlight 2

1998

Year's Best SF 4

1999

Vanishing Acts

2000

Nebula Awards 35 (2001)

2001

Starlight 3

2001

Supermen

2002

I premi Hugo 2002

2003

The Hard SF Renaissance

2003

The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels

2005

Year's Best SF 11

2006

Feeling Very Strange

2006

The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1

2007

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy

2008

The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21

2008

Twenty-First Annual Collection

2008

Year's Best SF 14

2009

The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities

2011

Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012

2012

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2016

2016

Lightspeed Magazine, July 2016

2016

Edited By

2020

Nebula Awards Showcase 55

2021

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