Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang
Explore mind-bending questions about everything from fundamental mathematics to language and religion in this collection of award-winning science fiction stories. Written by a highly decorated and talented young author, these tales will expand your understanding of the world and leave you pondering the limits of human knowledge.
Publish Date
2010-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
2010-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2002
Goodreads Rating
4.26
ISBN
9781509835904
Categories
Recommendations
5
Recommendations
2021-10-05T21:12:06.000Z
I haven't read the bottom book, but the top three are all INCREDIBLE. – sourceMy current favorite short story, sci-fi short story: probably “Understand” by Ted Chiang. It’s in a collection called Stories of Your Life and Others. “Story of Your Life” was made into a movie called Arrival. – source
2019-02-21T22:51:33.000Z
@Mikel_Jollett Collection of short stories by Ted Chiang "Stories of your Life and others." The movie "Arrival" was based on the title short story. Love this collection! – source2019-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
When I first read this book, I was on an airplane, and I had a strange sensation: How could my brain and my heart be unfolding into a thousand different dimensions while my body is trapped in Seat 14C? Reading Chiang's sci-fi feels like witnessing a miracle of applied grace. – source2019-10-06T08:28:32.000Z
finally reading Ted Chiang’s Stories of Your Life and i have basically been crying since i opened my kindle
such a beautiful writer and such profound topics. division by zero was my favorite of the collection, but the story the book is titled after is stunning 😍 – source