Stories of Your Life and Others
by:
Todd McLaren (author)
Abby Craden (author)
Ted Chiang (author)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781452618821 (1452618828)
Publish date: February 10th 2014
Publisher: Tantor Media
Edition language: English
Doskonałe pomysły, wręcz genialne, rozwijające motywy nauki przemieszanej z mitologią i wrzucające w to wszystko człowieka wraz z jego emocjami i uczuciami. Niektóre opowiadania cierpią jednak na tym, że są... opowiadaniami – aż się prosi, żeby rozwinąć niektóre wątki, albo dowiedzieć się, co będzie...
Each story in this book broke my heart in its own specific way, and for that reason alone I will love Ted Chiang forever. The fact that these stories are also all technical masterpieces and paragons of the genre is really just icing. I can be dazzled by masterly writing, but it's poignance that will...
I went in all big eyes and heavy heart and cheating, starting with the story I was curious about after watching the movie. It was sadder in it's determinism, but it was all that (and it had emotion, lordy, did it have emotion). About half way through this book (and with my brain much hurting, I ge...
I've become an instant fan of Ted Chiang after reading his book Stories of Your Life and Others. It's such a breath of fresh air to read a really phenomenal collection of short stories such as this one. I had been itching for some truly delicious science fiction and this collection delivered. From t...
In contrast to Bradbury, I have Chiang. Now these are science fiction, and they are particularly rare in that the are fine examples of both science and storytelling. I picked it up because the new movie Arrival is based on one of these stories. It's a first-contact story starring a linguist. Who doe...
7 years ago
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