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This story concerns a Baghdad merchant. Mr. Chiang says the story was inspired in part by the work of physicist Kip Thorne. (forward in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and intimate.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Ted Chiang
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 83
- Publisher
- Subterranean Press
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781596061002
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About Ted Chiang · 1967
American science fiction writer
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