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The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate

By Ted Chiang

This story concerns a Baghdad merchant. Mr. Chiang says the story was inspired in part by the work of physicist Kip Thorne. (forward in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)

Published

July 23, 2007

Format

Hardcover

Pages

83

Language

English

ISBN

9781596061002