Stories of Your Life and Others
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (534 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00I8UYHQC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 315 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Great to read after you've seen Arrival" according to Frank V. I bought this after seeing Arrival in order to read the short story on which the movie is based (Story of Your Life). It was one of those rare occasions where I'm glad i saw the movie first and the book was a great accompaniment to what I saw on the screen. It really exposed a whole other layer to the story and filled in the blanks in a way that was complementary to the movie. Quite different from the movie in how it's told and in some of the details, but worked well. Sort of like two friends telling you about the same even. "Excellent Collection of "What If" Short Stories" according to AustinTiffany. This is actually the first set of short stories I've ever read. Bit of background, I have a deep aversion to short-story collections, especially if it's by a mix of authors. Feels like eating a couple of potato chips and nothing more: frustrating. And indeed, that colors my review just a bit, both overall and also on a number of individual stories in this collection, but more on that later.OVERALL REVIEW: the collection is excellent. This actually feels a bit like reading a collection of Black Mirror episodes; each story is. Jym Cherry said Get it For Movie Tie In Stay for Rest of Stories. I got Ted Chiang’s “Stories of Your Life” because I saw the movie “Arrival” which is based on Chiang’s “The Story of Your Life” which is included in this volume. I admit I cheated and went straight to “The Story of Your Life” and when I read the rest of Chiang’s stories I found them as fascinating, innovative and as challenging as “The Story of Your Life.”Since I did jump to “The Story of Your Life” it approaches its subject, aliens ma
This new edition of Ted Chiang's masterful first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, includes his first eight published stories. A clever pastiche of news reports and interviews chronicles a college's initiative to "turn off" the human ability to recognize beauty in "Liking What You See: A Documentary." With sharp intelligence and humor, Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty and constant change, and also by beauty and wonder.. Stories of Your Life and Others presents characters who must confront sudden change-the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens-while striving to maintain some sense of normalcy. Combining the precision and scientific curiosity of Kim Stanley Robinson with Lorrie Moore's cool, clear love of language and narrative intricacy, this award-winning collection offers listeners the dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar. In the amazing and much-lauded title story (the basis for the 2016 movie Arrival), a grieving m