Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

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Vintage
14 June 2016

Science fiction; Short stories; Sci-Fi Alternate History; Short Stories Sci-Fi; Science

"From the author of Exhalation, an award-winning short story collection that blends ""absorbing storytelling with meditations on the universe, being, time and space ... raises questions about the nature of reality and what it is to be human"" (The New York Times).

Stories of Your Life and Others delivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, often presenting characters who must confront sudden change—the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens—with some sense of normalcy. With sharp intelligence and humor, Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by beauty and wonder. An award-winning collection from one of today's most lauded writers, Stories of Your Life and Others is a contemporary classic.

Includes “Story of Your Life”—the basis for the major motion picture Arrival"

By: Ted Chiang
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9781101972120
ISBN 10: 1101972122
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 14 June 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tower of Babylon Understand Division by Zero Story of Your Life Seventy-Two Letters The Evolution of Human Science Hell Is the Absence of God Liking What You See: A Documentary Story Notes Acknowledgments

Ted Chiang was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and holds a degree in computer science. In 1989 he attended the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer s Workshop. His fiction has won four Hugo, four Nebula, and four Locus awards, and he is the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. Stories of Your Life and Others has been translated into ten languages. He lives near Seattle, Washington.

Reviews for Stories of Your Life and Others

Shining, haunting, mind-blowing tales . . . this collection is a pure marvel. Chiang is so exhilarating so original so stylish he just leaves you speechless. I always suggest a person read at least 52 books a year for proper mental functioning but if you only have time for one, be at peace: you found it. Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Meticulously pieced together, utterly thought through, Chiang s stories emerge slowly . . . but with the perfection of slow-growing crystal. Lev Grossman, Best of the Decade: Science Fiction and Fantasy, Techland.com Ted Chiang is one of the best and smartest writers working today. If you don't know his name, let's fix that. Now. Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Ted Chiang astonishes. You must read him. Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble United by a humane intelligence that speaks very directly to the reader, and makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang s calm passion. China Mieville, The Guardian Ted is a national treasure . . . each of those stories is a goddamned jewel. Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing Confirms that blending science and fine art at this length can produce touching works, tales as intimate as our own blood cells, with the structural strength of just-discovered industrial alloys. Seattle Times Chiang derides lazy thinking, weasels it out of its hiding place, and leaves it cowering. Washington Post Essential. You won t know SF if you don t read Ted Chiang. Greg Bear Chiang writes seldom, but his almost unfathomably wonderful stories tick away with the precision of a Swiss watch and explode in your awareness with shocking, devastating force. Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) The first must-read SF book of the year. Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) He puts the science back in science fiction brilliantly. Booklist (Starred Review)