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The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate Ted Chiang
Publisher: Subterranean Press

Cover of "The Merchant and the Alchemist' Cover of The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate. I get to be happy.) Short Stories. De Michael Chabon; ROMAN COURT : All Seated on the Ground de Connie Willis; NOVELETTE : Le marchand et la porte de l'alchimiste (The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate) de Ted Chiang; SHORT STORY : Tideline de Elizabeth Bear. Of the best works of speculative fiction over the past five decades have been novellas or novelettes: “Sandkings” by George R.R. What did win: “The Merchant and The Alchemist's Gate.” (Yay! In The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate themes like determinism, time and causality are brought again but this time the level of complexity, delicacy and beauty that Ted reaches leaves Story of Your Life far behind. "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang: Chiang has a reputation as a brilliant short story writer, and while this is the first of his stories that I've reviewed, I can believe it from this example. This year, a new collection finally emerged, called The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate. In medieval Baghdad, a penniless man is brought before the most powerful man in the world, the caliph himself, to tell his story. Published by Subterranean Press, a specialist in limited-run books, the collection is Ted's first 'novel'.