Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 15:48:22 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Forthcoming book review . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Next week in Publishers Weekly:

"Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others (Tor) is the first
must-read SF book of the year. Whether their initial subject is
ancient Babylonians building a tower that reaches the base of Heaven,
translation of an alien language that shows a woman a new way to view
her life as a mother, or mass-producing golems in an alternative
Victorian England, Chiang's stories are audacious, challenging and
moving. They resemble the work of a less metaphysical Philip K. Dick
or a Borges with more characterization and a grasp of cutting-edge
science."

Two award winners: "Tower of Babylon," winner of the 1990 Nebula Award for =
Best Novelette, and "Story of Your Life," winner of the 1999 Sturgeon =
Award.

"Of his nonfiction, written in his capacity as a technical writer, perhaps =
the most  popular is the C++ Tutorial packaged with certain versions of =
Microsoft's  C++ compiler." (http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/misc/tc.htm)

mjw