A review by postnet
Exhalation by Ted Chiang

mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.5

Only the second short story collection ive read but this one was incredible.

Outside of a small lull in the middle that imo didnt measure up to the quality of the rest of the book, every single one of these stories was thought-provoking and like nothing ive ever read before. All but one of these stories made me just close the book and sit with them for a few minutes after completion.

They bring extremely unique perspectives to common sci-fi tropes and technology and dig deep into a lot of unanswerable consequences of pipedream technology. I found myself wondering both how someone comes op with the premises for these stories as well as how they explore them in such unique and unexpected ways