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Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom (a short story) (Short Stories/Novellas) was the most recently released book by Ted Chiang, on May 8th, 2019.

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Ted Chiang Stats: The highest rated book by Ted Chiang on Book Notification is The Lifecycle of Software Objects, a Novella. The second-highest rated book is The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate, a Novella .

The most read book by Ted Chiang on Book Notification is Exhalation, a Collection. The second most read book is The Lifecycle of Software Objects, a Novella.

Below is a complete list of Ted Chiang books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
4
Tower of Babylon
1990
Go
2
8
Understand (in Asimov's)
1991
Go
3
8
Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others)
1998
Go
4
4
Seventy-Two Letters (in Vanishing Acts)
2000
Go
5
Hell Is the Absence of God
2001
Go
6
8.4
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
2007
Go
7
8.4
The Lifecycle of Software Objects
2010
Go
8
The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling
2013
Go
9
6
The Great Silence
2015
Go
10
Omphalos
2019
Go
11
Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom
2019
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.6
Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival
2002
Go
2
8.2
Exhalation
2019
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List of Year's Best SF Anthology Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Year's Best SF (By: David G. Hartwell)
1996
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2
Year's Best SF 2 (By: David G. Hartwell, Sheila Finch)
1997
Go
3
Year's Best SF 3 (By: Paul Levinson, David G. Hartwell, Michael Moorcock)
1998
Go
4
Year's Best SF 4 (By: David G. Hartwell)
1999
Go
5
Year's Best SF 5 (By: David G. Hartwell)
2000
Go
6
Year's Best SF 6 (By: David G. Hartwell)
2001
Go
7
Year's Best SF 7 (By: Terry Bisson, David G. Hartwell, James K. Morrow, Kathryn Cramer)
2002
Go
8
Year's Best SF 8 (By: Michael Swanwick, Terry Bisson, Ursula K. Le Guin, David G. Hartwell, Gene Wolfe, Charles Stross, Robert Sheckley, Michael Moorcock, Jack Williamson, Robert Reed, Paul Di Filippo, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Carol Emshwiller, Bruce Sterling, Geoffrey A. Landis, Charles Sheffield, Eleanor Arnason, J.R. Dunn, Kathryn Cramer, Ken Wharton, Richard Chwedyk, A.M. Dellamonica, Neal Asher, Robert Onopa)
2003
Go
9
4
Year's Best SF 9 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2004
Go
10
4
Year's Best SF 10 (By: David G. Hartwell, Brenda Cooper, Kathryn Cramer)
2005
Go
11
Year's Best SF 11 (With: Greg Bear, Michael Swanwick, James Patrick Kelly, David G. Hartwell, Gardner Dozois, Liz Williams, Stephen Baxter, Daryl Gregory, Ken MacLeod, Peter F. Hamilton, Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, Justina Robson, Gregory Benford, Bruce Sterling, Cory Doctorow, Joe Haldeman, Vonda N. McIntyre, Hannu Rajaniemi, Rudy Rucker, Tobias Buckell, Kathryn Cramer, Neal Asher, R. Garcia y Robertson, David Langford, Matthew Jarpe, Lauren McLaughlin, Larissa Lai, Oliver Morton, Bud Sparhawk, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Paul J. McAuley)
2006
Go
12
Year's Best SF 12 (By: David G. Hartwell, Michael Flynn, Kathryn Cramer, Charlie Rosenkrantz)
2007
Go
13
4
Year's Best SF 13 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2008
Go
14
Year's Best SF 14 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2009
Go
15
Year's Best SF 15 (By: David G. Hartwell, Chris Roberson, Kathryn Cramer)
2010
Go
16
Year's Best SF 16 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2011
Go
17
Year's Best SF 17 (By: David G. Hartwell, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Kathryn Cramer)
2012
Go
18
Year's Best SF 18 (By: David G. Hartwell, Elizabeth Bear, Sean McMullen)
2013
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List of Ted Chiang Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991
1991
Go
2
Year's Best SF
1996
Go
3
Year's Best SF 2
1997
Go
4
Year's Best SF 3
1998
Go
5
Starlight 2
1998
Go
6
Year's Best SF 4
1999
Go
7
Year's Best SF 4
1999
Go
8
Vanishing Acts
2000
Go
9
Year's Best SF 5
2000
Go
10
Year's Best SF 6
2001
Go
11
Nebula Awards 35 (2001)
2001
Go
12
Starlight 3
2001
Go
13
Supermen
2002
Go
14
Year's Best SF 7
2002
Go
15
Year's Best SF 8
2003
Go
16
I premi Hugo 2002
2003
Go
17
The Hard SF Renaissance
2003
Go
18
4
Year's Best SF 9
2004
Go
19
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
2005
Go
20
4
Year's Best SF 10
2005
Go
21
Year's Best SF 11
2006
Go
22
Feeling Very Strange
2006
Go
23
Year's Best SF 12
2007
Go
24
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1
2007
Go
25
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy
2008
Go
26
4
Year's Best SF 13
2008
Go
27
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21
2008
Go
28
6
Twenty-First Annual Collection
2008
Go
29
Year's Best SF 14
2009
Go
30
Year's Best SF 15
2010
Go
31
Year's Best SF 16
2011
Go
32
8
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
2011
Go
33
Year's Best SF 17
2012
Go
34
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012
2012
Go
35
Year's Best SF 18
2013
Go
36
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2016
2016
Go
37
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2016
2016
Go
38
Edited By
2020
Go
39
Nebula Awards Showcase 55
2021
Go
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Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang was born on October 20th, 1967 and is currently 57 years old. Ted Chiang was born in Port Jefferson, New York, USA.

Ted Chiang is the author of the Ted Chiang Short Stories/Novellas series which currently consists of 11 novels. The Ted Chiang Short Stories/Novellas series started in 1990 with the novel Tower of Babylon. The most recently released novel in the Ted Chiang Short Stories/Novellas series was Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom which was released in 2019. There are no upcoming novels for the Ted Chiang Short Stories/Novellas series.

Ted Chiang has also written the Short Story Collections series which has 2 books including Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival and Exhalation.

Ted Chiang: Awards & Accolades

Ted Chiang has won many awards including:

  • Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others) won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story, in 2002.
  • Hell Is the Absence of God won the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 2002 as well as the Seiun Award - Best Translated Short Story in 2004.
  • The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate won the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 2008 as well as the Seiun Award - Best Translated Short Story in 2009.
  • Exhalation won the Hugo Award, Best Short Story, in 2009.
  • The Lifecycle of Software Objects won the Hugo Award, Best Novella, in 2011 as well as the Seiun Award - Best Translated Short Story in 2012.

The following novels by Ted Chiang were nominated for these awards:

  • Tower of Babylon: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1991).
  • Understand (in Asimov's): Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1992).
  • Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others): Otherwise Award, Best Science Fiction (1998). Hugo Award, Best Novella (1999).
  • Starlight 2: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1999).
  • Vanishing Acts: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2001).
  • Seventy-Two Letters (in Vanishing Acts): Hugo Award, Best Novella (2001). World Fantasy Award, Novella (2001).
  • Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival: Otherwise Award, Best Science Fiction (2002).
  • Twenty-First Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2009).
  • Exhalation: Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story (2011). Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2019). Goodreads Awards, Best Science Fiction (2019).
  • The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2012).
  • The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (2014).
  • Omphalos: Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story (2020). Hugo Award, Best Novelette (2020).
  • Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom: Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story (2020). Hugo Award, Best Novella (2020).
  • Edited By: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2021).

Stories of Your Life and Others was listed at #22 on the Los Angeles Times "Best Fiction Books of the Last 30 Years" list, which was published in April 2025.

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  3. Blake Crouch, author of the novel: Dark Matter.
  4. Neil Gaiman, author of the American Gods Series.
  5. N.K. Jemisin, author of the Broken Earth Series.

Ted Chiang: F.A.Q

When was Ted Chiang Born? How old is Ted Chiang?

Ted Chiang was born on October 20th, 1967. Ted Chiang is currently 57 years old.

Where was Ted Chiang Born?

Ted Chiang was born in Port Jefferson, New York, USA and is American.

What book awards has Ted Chiang won?

Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others): Seiun Award Best Translated Short Story (2002).
Hell Is the Absence of God: Hugo Award Best Novelette (2002), Seiun Award Best Translated Short Story (2004).
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate: Hugo Award Best Novelette (2008), Seiun Award Best Translated Short Story (2009).
Exhalation: Hugo Award Best Short Story (2009).
The Lifecycle of Software Objects: Hugo Award Best Novella (2011), Seiun Award Best Translated Short Story (2012).

What was the first book Ted Chiang wrote?

The first book written by Ted Chiang was Tower of Babylon, published in 1990.

What was the most recent book Ted Chiang wrote?

His most recently released work was Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom (a short story) on May 8th, 2019.

Will there be any more books by Ted Chiang?

Ted Chiang does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

How many books has Ted Chiang written?

Ted Chiang has written 13 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 11 Short Stories/Novellas, 2 books in the Short Story Collections.

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