Exhalation - Ted Chiang

Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Been meaning to do this one for a while because it is damn good. View my frozen body. Enjoy, explorer.
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[@jeffreymathieu]

I loved the idea of dissecting one's own brain to see how memory works

[@fragmentrecord2785]

"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so."

[@coltoncarey7042]

"hasten the arrival of the coming equilibrium" what a writer

[@juliereason112]

Great narration of an amazing story. Thank you!

[@jonnyleemiller978]

Dear lord Ted Chiang is so wondrously awesome.

[@AVTR]

Brilliant reading of an amazing story. Thank you so much for this.

[@TheeLandstander]

It was my pleasure. Thank you.

[@lutherschultz4725]

this is a brilliant take on thermodynamics and heat death of the universe

[@lawrencefrost9063]

and not miss a beat

[@00xanawolf00]

Fantastic narration and sound quality! What a wonderful story this is. I’m eagerly devouring the others.

[@beepot2764]

I am so glad that I stumbled upon this channel while looking for ligotti audiobooks. Wonderful.

[@TheeLandstander]

And I'm glad you did too. Thank you for listening.

[@chavawinnie1]

Thank you for this. Well executed.

[@ushanka9990]

Thank you for this

[@Cugelclever]

Ted Chiang is a genius. Thank you for this.

[@maxpower001]

As I put my cigarette in the ashtray so I can take a big ol bong rip

[@AntwoRafael]

Wow Ted Chiang is great. Thanks for making this.

[@TheeLandstander]

Thanks for listening. I'd say this is still the best work I've done because I felt what I was reading so deeply. I really need to record more from Mr. Chiang. That will be my New Year's Resolution.

[@huntrrams]

Closest book to a Black Mirror like atmosphere . I enjoyed this! Thank you!

[@debacofzomb9889]

This is a very imaginative way to describe ideas that lack imagination. It surprises me coming from one who wrote that thermodynamic principals are a straight jacket holding back thousands of intersections. I do however find it ironic to the point of being nearly painful, that his analogy is, in one respect, far more accurate than the author realizes. Maybe I'm wrong though. I hope so, as pointless as such hopes are. This is very refreshing. Thank you for your narration 👍😁

[@simarjitkaur3411]

Many thanks

[@jdavis.fw303]

Great narration!

[@wieskarimi2999]

Fucking shooketh rn ngl

[@personzorz]

Best scifi short story in years

[@TheeLandstander]

Unsurpassed so far, I'd say.

[@personzorz]

Thee Landstander, all good science fiction is either a well-done what if or secretly about our world. This is the latter in a very unexpected way.

[@heyyo162]

Plot twist: Exhalation takes place in a microverse where pneumatic robots run and maintain the air pumping system of Rick Sanchez inflatable sex doll.

[@tomsandstrom338]

bruh

[@stevenhetzel6483]

I was with you halfway through the comment, thinking we were on the same wavelength. I was wrong.

[@aramach1335]

Truly brilliant.

[@utililux6789]

bloody hell, that was good! has the heavy romance of ray bradbury

[@Wybrand418]

This was a little too similar to 'The Gods Themselves' by Asimov. Good writing though.

[@ZarHakkar]

I feel really bad for the titanium air guys. If only they had access to some alternative power source, like nuclear or even simply chemical.

[@daniel5730]

That is not the point

[@maxpower001]

Hamsters running on wheels working air pumps

[@jackpavlack7209]

I just read this and I came here because I’m struggling to understand what the whole thing is supposed to be an analogy for

[@danielaespinal7399]

Same

[@Nilpferdschaf]

It's pretty much exactly what will happen to our universe at some point. Everything on Earth is directly or indirectly powered by the sun. Its light powers plant growth, which in turn power animals, which in turn power you, if you eat them. Even oil and coal are just the remnants of plants that once stored the power of the sun. However, eventually all the energy of the sun will be transformed into heat and the sun itself will run out of fuel and so will all the other stars in the universe. This degradation of energy is described by the second law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy must always increase. Entropy is a shorthand for this concept of degrading energy and it is represented in the story by the rising pressure of the surrounding air of their environment. Another story that explores this concept more directly is "The last question" by Isaac Asimov, which is also available on KZbin.

[@jeffreymathieu]

We exist as a flow of energy through matter. The Big Bang is the source of that energy. The universe is expanding rapidly towards ever increasing entropy until no more flow is possible.

[@lilwavesz]

@@Nilpferdschaf as soon as i read about this story i thought of the last question. one of my all time favorite stories by asimov. now i have to give this one a listen since reading your comment!!

[@stevenhetzel6483]

Entropy.

[@anuragmundargi8293]

Is this audiobook complete??

[@UKLeonie]

No it starts from the 2nd chapter.

[@jackblackfan4202]

Stagnation is death

[@rman229]

You say stagnation, I say stability

[@marcosalmeida4683]

Ted Chiang interpretou mau o livro de Jó. Como se acha no direito de crítica lo? O grande escritor e novelista Vitor Hugo elogiou o livro de Jó. Esse Chiang até que fez um filme bom mas seu conteúdo não basta de idéias plageadas da bíblia que por hironia, crítica na explicação de seu conto a "história de sua vida". Posso mostrar que a Bíblia antes deste filme é livro fala de tudo o assunto, inclusive ciência e física. Quem quiser ver me chama aqui.