Work
Tower of Babylon
Ted Chiang · 1990novelette
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- Genrescience fiction
- Themequests
- Placeparallel universe
"Tower of Babylon" is a science fantasy novelette by American writer Ted Chiang, first published in 1990 by Omni. The story revisits the Tower of Babel myth as a construction megaproject, in a setting where the principles of pre-scientific cosmology are literally true. It is Chiang's first published work.
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Placement
- contained in Nebula Awards 26anthology
- contained in Stories of Your Life and Otherscollection
- contained in The Fantasy Hall of Fameanthology
- contained in The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasyanthology
- contained in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collectionanthology