May 2019 Indie Next List

“WOW. My first experience with Ted Chiang absolutely blew me out of the water. Each story left me with wide eyes and a racing mind, running to my husband to read a passage so we could both be knocked over with wonder. Exhalation filled me with so many questions about our collective past, present, and future, I’ll be coming back to this book again and again trying to find the answers.”
— Kasey Kane, Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT

Winter 2020 Reading Group Indie Next List

“In his second and long-awaited collection of short stories, Ted Chiang offers us exquisite glimpses into the axes of our human existence. Beautifully and provocatively narrated by a unique host of characters, Chiang’s book explores subjects like time travel, love, entropy, empathy, and everything in between. Reading these tales feels like looking up at a clear night sky, when all at once you feel awed, enormous, and insignificant.”
— Cora Lee Oxley, Rediscovered Books, Boise, ID