Sunday, January 08, 2017

Atemporal

atemporal

a·tem·po·ral

(ā-tĕm′pər-əl) adj.: Independent of time; timeless. not limited or affected by time.

Chiang’s stories conjure a celestial feeling of atemporality. “Hell Is the Absence of God” is set in a version of the present in which Old Testament religion is tangible, rather than imaginary: Hell is visible through cracks in the ground, angels appear amid lightning storms, and the souls of the good are plainly visible as they ascend to Heaven.”  - Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/ted-chiangs-soulful-science-fiction

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