Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang
Ted Chiangis an American science fiction writer. His Chinese name is Chiang Feng-nan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
experience fiction formative impact reading science stands trilogy twelve
Probably the most formative experience was reading the 'Foundation' trilogy when I was about twelve years old. That wasn't the first science fiction I had ever read, but it's something that stands out in my memory as having had a big impact on me.
science sold stories
I started submitting stories for publication when I was about 15, but it was many years before I sold anything. I don't make my living writing science fiction, so in that sense, I'm still not a pro.
hard home job recommend writers
I can't recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it's going to be hard to write all day and then come home and write fiction.
based hard others pure showing
There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
began breath enormous glad great until
The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did... until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on.
technology
We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.