Leon’s brain damage was more severe than anyone else treated with hormone K and, sure enough, he finds his intelligence growing to levels unprecedented in humanity. An unexpected side-effect of the treatment is increased intelligence, with the increase in direct proportion to the amount of brain damage originally sustained. ‘Exhalation’ was my first encounter with Chiang’s work the 1991 novelette ‘Understand’ was my second - and now I really begin to see the reason for all the acclaim.Ī holographic designer named Leon Greco is revived from a deep coma by treatment with ‘hormone K’, which restores damaged neurons. Ted Chiang, if the name is unfamiliar, is a science fiction writer who has published relatively little (eleven pieces of short fiction since 1990), but has nevertheless been very highly acclaimed. I’ve answered him over there, but thought that a longer post here would also be useful. ‘or those who are less keen on “Exhalation”: how do you feel about “Understand“?’ Niall asked in the comments. I’ve been contributing to a discussion over at Torque Control about Ted Chiang’s BSFA- and Hugo-nominated story ‘Exhalation’, which I liked, but was not as enthusiastic about as some people, including the blog’s own Niall Harrison.
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