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Ted Chiang has long been known as one of the most powerful science fiction writers working today. Offering readers the dual delights of the very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, Arrival presents characters who must confront sudden change. In "Story of Your Life," which provides th...
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Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2002 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Vintage Books movie tie-in edition. |
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Ted Chiang has long been known as one of the most powerful science fiction writers working today. Offering readers the dual delights of the very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, Arrival presents characters who must confront sudden change. In "Story of Your Life," which provides the basis for the film Arrival, alien lifeforms suddenly appear on Earth. When a linguist is brought in to help communicate with them and discern their intentions, her new knowledge of their language and its nonlinear structure allows her to see future events and all the joy and pain they may bring. In each story of this incredible collection, with sharp intelligence and humor, Ted Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by wonder. |
| Item Description: | "Originally published as Stories of Your Life and Others" |
| Carrier Form: | 281 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780525433675 (paperback) : 0525433678 (paperback) 9780525433682 (eBook) 0525433686 (eBook) |
| Index Number: | PS3603 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/C532-3 |
| Contents: | 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. |