Book · 2014 · Fiction, short stories (single author)
Exhalation
- mentions
- 15
- people
- 6
- podcasts
- 5
- episodes
- 14
- critical mentions
- 0
Fantastic series of short fiction books that are amazing highly recommend.
What they say about it
- Second short story collection“second collection is exhalation”5
- Discussed on The Book Review“ted chang's collection exhalation”5
- Short stories recommendation“sci-fi book to recommend is exhalations”2
The best things said about it
The second is just unbelievably good.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2025 Really blown away by it.
One of our 10 best books of 2019.
Near near future speculative fiction.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 2022 A bunch of short stories.
Ted Chiang short stories like Exhalation is his second collection.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Feb 2024 Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
6 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Exhalation by Ted Chiang is a critically acclaimed collection of philosophical science fiction short stories. The book received widespread praise across multiple podcasts from hosts and guests alike. Tim Ferriss frequently recommended the collection on The Tim Ferriss Show and Modern Wisdom, noting that although he initially feared the second book could not possibly match the brilliance of Chiang's debut, he was ultimately proven wrong and deeply impressed by its unbelievable quality. Ferriss also specifically noted that he often steers over-performing tech professionals toward Chiang's stories. Similarly, Pamela Paul discussed Exhalation on The Book Review, expressing that she was completely blown away by the stories as she neared the end of the volume. Gilbert Cruz also highlighted the collection on The Book Review when featuring it on a notable best-of list. Additionally, Michael Littman recommended the science fiction book on the Lex Fridman Podcast, encouraging listeners to dive into the collection of thought-provoking short stories by the author.
Every mention
Tim Ferriss Then a second collection came out, Exhalation, and I didn't want to buy it because I didn't want to be disa… 6
“Then a second collection came out, Exhalation, and I didn't want to buy it because I didn't want to be disappointed. I was like, there's just no way... And the second is just unbelievably good.”
“And then his second collection came out, Exhalation, and I was like, 'Ah, it's just going to There's no way it can match the first collection.' And lo and behold, I was like, 'Okay, you win, Ted Chiang.'”
“his second collection is exhalation the first is harder to recall in terms of the collection name”
“So for folks who are male, also female, but if they're male tech on the spectrum over performers, I'll usually steer them to, say, Ted Chiang short stories like Exhalation is his second collection.”
“I mean one who comes to mind for me would be Ted Chiang, who's written a number of short story collections like Exhalation, which seem to include a lot of potentials kind of right around the corner, right? Near near future speculative fiction.”
“if you haven't read any of ted chang's work c-h-i-a-n-g he has a he has a a compilation of short stories called exhalation”
Pamela Paul and then I'm almost at the end of Ted Chang's collection exhalation and really Blown Away by it several sto… 4
“Ted Chang will be here to talk about his new Story collection exhalation”
“and then I'm almost at the end of Ted Chang's collection exhalation and really Blown Away by it several stories Tina you've read it also”
“the book is called exhalation it came out earlier this spring”
“listeners of this podcast heard me rave many times about his later collection exhalation which was one of our 10 best books of 2019”
Michael Littman So one sci-fi book to recommend is exhalations by ted chang a bunch of short stories 2
“so one sci-fi book to recommend is exhalations by ted chang”
“So one sci-fi book to recommend is exhalations by ted chang a bunch of short stories”
Gilbert Cruz the next book is exhalation by Ted Chang 1
“the next book is exhalation by Ted Chang”
Kevin Rose exhalation line by the way exhalation 100% agrees yes fantastic series of short fiction books that are amaz… 1
“exhalation line by the way exhalation 100% agrees yes fantastic series of short fiction books that are amazing highly recommend”
Audrey Tang i just read again the mandarin translation of ted john's novel collection exhalation 1
“i just read again the mandarin translation of ted john's novel collection exhalation”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“thank you so much for being here and for talking about the new book which is called again and exhalation”
“of the story in exhalation Ted Chang's most recent collection called the life cycle of software objects where you have these people creating these kind of sentient avatars”