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Originally Posted by gmw
I would like to nominate a short story by Ted Chiang called: Story of Your Life, this has recently been made into a movie called Arrival starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker.
This short story is available in the collection: Stories of Your Life and Others, a collection of 8 short stories by Ted Chiang.
Description of Story of Your Life (from me):
Description for the book Stories of Your Life and Others (from Kobo):
I think Ted Chiang is one of the best science fiction writers of recent years. (This collection is not all science fiction, or not really.) He writes things from a human perspective rather than hard science, and this makes them very approachable even if you are not normally a science fiction enthusiast. My only complaint is that he doesn't write enough. I would be happy to discuss any and all of the stories in this collection, but the Story of Your Life at 55 pages (approx 18k words) is probably complex and deep enough to keep us busy. If we end up twiddling our thumbs then stories: Understand, Hell is the Absence of God and Liking What You See: A Documentary are all excellent.
Amazon US, Amazon US, film tie-in edition, Amazon UK, Amazon CA, Amazon AU
Kobo US, Kobo UK, Kobo CA, Kobo AU |
I wasn't able to find this available for purchase at the US Amazon or Kobo.
I did check out the Audio book version from Hoopla. Way too early, I know. But I needed something for my commute when I found it available. I'll listen to the title story again later if choosen.