Stories Life by Chiang Ted, First Edition (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing with full number line. A fine copy in a fine DJ, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #611.

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). Collects eight sf stories, with eight pages of story notes by the author. Two of these stories, the title story and ''Tower of Babylon'' won Nebula awards and ''Hell Is the Absence of God'' won both Hugo and Nebula awards. ''Story of Your Life,'' was the basis for the film ARRIVAL, which was winner of the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. 1st printing with ''0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'' on copyright page. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing with number line to 1. Signed by Ted Chiang at the title page. Black boards with silver spine titles, very good with light rubbing to bottom edges, lightly bumped spine tips. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket has very light edgewear to top corners, corners of spine tips; very good to near fine in Mylar. Small scratch (< 1 in) to bottom of textblock. Pages clean and bright, text unmarked. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Advance Readers' Edition in wraps as issued. This is a soft cover book. Collection of stories from the original publisher from a well-known science fiction writer, exploring the boundaries between science and religion. One of the best short story collections of the last ten years, back in print in a new edition."Shining, haunting, mind-blowing tales this collection is a pure marvel. [Ted] Chiang is so exhilarating so original so stylish he just leaves you speechless. I always suggest a person read at least 52 books a year for proper mental functioning but if you only have time for one, be at peace: you found it."¿Junot Díaz"Meticulously pieced together, utterly thought through, Chiang's stories emerge slowly but with the perfection of slow-growing crystal."¿Lev Grossman"United by a humane intelligence that speaks very directly to the reader, and makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang's calm passion."¿China Mieville"Ted is a national treasure each of those stories is a god damned jewel.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. McMurray, Jacob (illustrator). First Edition Thus, Limited, Signed. First edition thus, hardcover, signed by Chiang and marked no. 223/300 on the limitation page, the book has a minor lean to the binding, shallow bowing to the boards, and a touch of shelfwear to the spine ends and cover corners. Overall, this is a solid, tight and clean, Near Fine copy in a crisp, like dust jacket, which is wrapped in Mylar. Additional images are available by request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Ted Chiang (2002) 'Stories of Your Life and Others', US first edition, first printing, published by Tor Book. Signed by Ted Chiang on the title page without personalisation. Provenance: signed at a sci-fi literature event in New York. The book will be accompanied by a letter of confirmation where and when the bok was signed. Condition: aboloutely fine with no issues. Dust jacket not price clipped and protected in removable mylar. Perhaps the best hard science-fiction short stories published in the 1990-2001 period, here collated for the first time in hardback format. The stories were originally published in magazines from 1990 onwards. 'Tower of Babylon' won the Nebula; 'Story of Your Life' also won the Nebula and was adapted as the Hollywood blockbuster film 'Arrival', directed by Denis Villeneuve. 'Hell is the Absence of God' won the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Award. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Pulp. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Stories Of Your Life, Ted Chiang. Tor Books, 2002. Hardcover, Fine/Fine. 1st Edition. Appears unread. First printing of first edition with complete number line (1-10). Small black remainder dot on top of text block. The basis for the movie Arrival starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Seller inventory #4501.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall.