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Although not a prolific author, having published only 10 short stories as of 2008, Chiang has to date won a string of prestigious speculative fiction awards for his works: a [[Nebula Award]] for ''Tower of Babylon'' (1990), the [[John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]] in 1992, a Nebula Award and the [[Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award]] for ''Story of Your Life'' (1998), a [[Sidewise Award]] for ''Seventy-Two Letters'' (2000), a Nebula Award, [[Locus Award]] and [[Hugo Award]] for his [[novelette]] ''Hell Is the Absence of God'' (2002) -- and most recently, a Nebula Award for his novelette ''The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate'' (2007). |
Although not a prolific author, having published only 10 short stories as of 2008, Chiang has to date won a string of prestigious speculative fiction awards for his works: a [[Nebula Award]] for ''Tower of Babylon'' (1990), the [[John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]] in 1992, a Nebula Award and the [[Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award]] for ''Story of Your Life'' (1998), a [[Sidewise Award]] for ''Seventy-Two Letters'' (2000), a Nebula Award, [[Locus Award]] and [[Hugo Award]] for his [[novelette]] ''Hell Is the Absence of God'' (2002) -- and most recently, a Nebula Award for his novelette ''The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate'' (2007). |
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Chiang turned down a Hugo nomination for his short story ''Liking What You See: A Documentary'' in 2003, on the grounds that the story was rushed due to editorial pressure and did not turn out as he had really wanted <ref>[http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/chiang/full/ Fantastic Metropolis Interview |
Chiang turned down a Hugo nomination for his short story ''Liking What You See: A Documentary'' in 2003, on the grounds that the story was rushed due to editorial pressure and did not turn out as he had really wanted <ref>[http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/chiang/full/] Fantastic Metropolis Interview</ref>. |
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In a recent interview (May 19, 2008) <ref>[http://freesf.blogspot.com/2008/05/starship-sofa-interview-ted-chiang.html Starship Sofa Interview |
In a recent interview (May 19, 2008) <ref>[http://freesf.blogspot.com/2008/05/starship-sofa-interview-ted-chiang.html] Starship Sofa Interview</ref>, Chiang mentioned that he is currently writing a couple of new stories, with one being a [[novella]] exploring the themes of artificial intelligence . |
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Ted Chiang (born 1967) is an American speculative fiction writer. He was born in Port Jefferson, New York and graduated from Brown University with a Computer Science degree. He currently works as a technical writer in the software industry and resides in Bellevue, near Seattle, Washington.
Although not a prolific author, having published only 10 short stories as of 2008, Chiang has to date won a string of prestigious speculative fiction awards for his works: a Nebula Award for Tower of Babylon (1990), the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992, a Nebula Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for Story of Your Life (1998), a Sidewise Award for Seventy-Two Letters (2000), a Nebula Award, Locus Award and Hugo Award for his novelette Hell Is the Absence of God (2002) -- and most recently, a Nebula Award for his novelette The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate (2007).
Chiang turned down a Hugo nomination for his short story Liking What You See: A Documentary in 2003, on the grounds that the story was rushed due to editorial pressure and did not turn out as he had really wanted [1].
In a recent interview (May 19, 2008) [2], Chiang mentioned that he is currently writing a couple of new stories, with one being a novella exploring the themes of artificial intelligence .
List of works
- Tower of Babylon (Nebula Award winner)
- Division by Zero
- Understand
- Story of Your Life (Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winner)
- The Evolution of Human Science (a.k.a. "Catching Crumbs from the Table")
- Seventy-Two Letters (Sidewise Award winner)
- Hell Is the Absence of God (Hugo Award, Locus Award and Nebula Award winner)
- Liking What You See: A Documentary
- What's Expected Of Us
- The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate (Nebula Award winner)
Chiang's first eight stories are collected in Stories of Your Life, and Others (1st US hardcover ed: ISBN 0-7653-0418-X; 1st US paperback ed.: ISBN 0-7653-0419-8).
External links
- Interview conducted by StarshipSofa.com
- Interview conducted by Rani Graff.
- Interview conducted by Lou Anders.
- Interview conducted by Gavin J. Grant.
- Ted Chiang at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Ted Chiang's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
- hidenori watanave's illustrations for Ted Chiang (Hayakawa S-F magazine)