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Book Reviews of Stories of Your Life: and Others

Stories of Your Life: and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others
Author: Ted Chiang
ISBN-13: 9781931520720
ISBN-10: 1931520720
Publication Date: 10/1/2010
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Book Type: Paperback
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This is really an extraordinary collection of short science fiction stories. They are unusual - both profoundly character-driven, and illustrative of genuinely novel scientific thought.

Chiang is obviously comfortable with a wide range of knowledge, covering mathematics, physics, neurology, and theology in various stories. In some ways, his writing is reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borges, with his formality and mathematical background, and in other ways he reminds me of China Mieville in the way he integrates obscure theologies with alternate-reality science.

At the end of each story, I had to stop and think through the implications. These are rare and precious stories that genuinely expand the mind.