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Ted Chiang's 'Exhalation' reads memory not merely as data, but as body, time, interpretation, and irreversible change. The ...

Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of Ted Chiang’s first sale, “Tower of Babylon” — a story that instantly snapped up a Nebula Award. In the decades since, he has consistently hewed to a course ...

The books include Ted Chiang’s “The Life Cycle of Software Objects” and Anne Applebaum’s “Twilight of Democracy." ...

While big tech companies and startups make up a big part of the list, there are also several important critics in the great big AI debate. Still thinking about Denis Villeneuve’s 2016 sci-fi film ...

A screenwriter with an interest in genre storytelling, previously known for various outings in the horror genre, Eric Heisserer fought a lengthy uphill battle in pitching a film based on Ted Chiang’s ...

The arrival of a new piece of short fiction by Ted Chiang is always cause for celebration and parades and wild dancing. Especially his latest story, “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling,” which ...

If, like me, you are a fan of the science fiction author Ted Chiang, you know he doesn't publish as often as some of his peers. TED CHIANG: I wish I, you know, wrote faster. I can't claim any moral ...

"I'll never be able to speak their words!" That cry of frustration comes from linguistics professor Louise Banks in the new movie Arrival. Banks, played by Amy Adams, is confronted with a hard jolt of ...

The AI nods in polite language, reads the context, gives a response tailored to our mood, and sometimes lets slip, "I feel ...

People are often keen to impose a restrictive definition on science fiction, usually to rule something out of the genre. And even some of the genre’s best authors have been on the receiving end of ...

What would we do if we could visit our own pasts or futures? Are we more likely to change our timelines, or will our timelines actually project themselves back on to us more forcefully? This is the ...