An Evening with Ted Chiang: Magic and Imaginary Science in Fiction

Ted Chiang, author of Exhalation and Stories of Your Life and Others, and author of the novella that inspired "Arrival," joins us for a special event at Bird in Hand! He'll offer a talk entitled "Magic and Imaginary Science in Fiction"-- two themes that underlie and animate his work.

We're so excited for this unique opportunity to hear one of the greatest science fiction writers of our time speak specifically to his work, and we hope you will join us to listen, too.

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Order STORIES OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS here!

Ted Chiang is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, six Locus awards, and the PEN Malamud Award. His novella “Story of Your Life” was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). His most recent short story collection, Exhalation (Knopf, 2019), was listed as one of the Top Ten Books of 2019 by The New York Times, and included in President Barack Obama’s 2019 reading list. In 2023, he was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI.

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