JonathanHDavis reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Nice
4 stars
Several great stories and plenty of good ones. A fun read overall!
Hardcover, 333 Seiten
English language
Am 12. August 2002 von Tor veröffentlicht.
Stories of Your Life and Others
von Ted Chiang
5 stars
(7 Bewertungen)
Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history.
He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in modern SF.
Now, collected here for the first time are all seven of this extraordinary writer's stories so far--plus an eighth story written especially for this volume.
What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven--and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? …
Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history.
He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in modern SF.
Now, collected here for the first time are all seven of this extraordinary writer's stories so far--plus an eighth story written especially for this volume.
What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven--and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time?
What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets?
These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Stories of your life . . . and others.
Goodreads Review of Stories of Your Life and Others
5 stars
Ted Chiang is the best, and I think he needs no explanation. The best-known story in here is "Story of Your Life" (better know as the film Arrival). But, I think the best story in here is "Hell is the Absence of God." All of the stories left me thinking a bit after, and I'm continuing to do so now. The last set of stories in my version were also in Exhalation, so I skipped over them.
Scaglio 📚 reviewed Storie della tua vita by Ted Chiang (Scritture, #19)
Un must attualissimo
5 stars
Questo libro sembra scritto ieri, eppure ha già più di vent'anni.
Tutti i racconti sono affascinanti, ma soprattutto l'ultimo racconta una facciata della società… attualissima. Non vedo l'ora di leggere altro di Chiang, se è tutto di questo livello… wow.
Magnesium reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Science fiction at its best
This is my favorite format of science fiction : short but thought provoking stories. Surprisingly, the story that gave the name to this book is far from being the best in my opinion. If you want mind-bending novels that are both fun and at the same time disturbing, this book is a must-read.
异圈 reviewed 你一生的故事 by Ted Chiang
设定控狂喜
5 stars
特德姜擅长把一个概念拓展成一个世界。他的故事是另一个世界的一片截面，常常是我们随着主角一起去探索世界。其力量感也正在于此。
我特别喜欢审美滤镜那篇。
Teo reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Review of 'Stories of Your Life and Others' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Leído solamente "Story of Your Life", cuento en el que se basó Arrival (2016). Lo disfruté tanto como la peli.
Herr Rau reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Review of 'Stories of Your Life and Others' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This short-story collection is ideas-driven, not character-driven, and very good. In a way, it feels like a throwback to the 1950s anthologies I read in my teens, minus any trite cliches or stereotyped characters. And the ideas presented in Chaing's stories are exciting. What if in ancient Babylonia, you could buil a tower to heaven? What would the logistics be? What if the letters used to activate a golem was like its DNA? What would the world be like if biblical angels came to earth fairly regularly? And that other one, about beauty - excellent food for thought.
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