Breathing (translation of Lin Fantasy Series)
by T
About This Novel
A new collection of Ted Chiang's works, including "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Door", "Breath", "The Long Road Ahead", "The Life Cycle of Software Objects", "Darcy's New Automatic Machine Nanny", "Double Truth", "The Great Silence", "Navel" and "Anxiety is the Dizziness Caused by Freedom" - The Alchemist's Door, free travel through time and space, how does the science fiction version of One Thousand and One Nights unfold? Every breath I take brings this universe one step closer to death. Free will does not exist, but until you believe it, it is not lethal. Science fiction is littered with artificial creatures, like Athena that jumped out of the head of Zeus, fully formed as soon as they appeared. But consciousness doesn't work like this. What is the real life cycle of a software body? My nanny is a machine. What does that mean for a newborn? Memory is always deceiving us, but we don't realize it. How would civilization change if everyone started keeping a continuous life log? We are not the center of the universe, but at the beginning, humans did not know this. If parallel spaces do exist and conversations can take place, how would you exhaust the possibilities of life?
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Official(3)Scraped 1d ago
great silence
Like a parrot's monologue, humans are not the only intelligent life, but humans do not regard it as civilization. It can all be inferred
breathe
It seems like science fiction, but quite philosophical. In countless parallel worlds, every choice and decision you make creates a unique you.
Why can't I see it?
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Official(3)Scraped 1d ago
great silence
Like a parrot's monologue, humans are not the only intelligent life, but humans do not regard it as civilization. It can all be inferred
breathe
It seems like science fiction, but quite philosophical. In countless parallel worlds, every choice and decision you make creates a unique you.
Why can't I see it?
