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Stories of Your Life and Others (Paperback)

by Ted Chiang (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Tor (21 Jan 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330426648
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330426640
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 333,679 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The level of ideas and concepts at work are nothing short of breathtaking


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Here are eight astonishing science-fiction stories that explore the boundaries between science and religion, between determinism and our ability to choose, between words and the entities they describe. Here are stories of conceptual breakthrough … of making sense of the universe and our place in it.

‘What a pleasure it is to read Chiang … Can he be the best SF writer to come down the pike in the past thirty years? I honestly believe that he is’ Harry Harrison

‘Superb and thought-provoking. I could run out of superlatives trying to describe Chiang’s work. Stories of Your Life is the best collection of short stories, novellas and novelettes I have ever read … Ted Chiang will blow you away with this astonishing collection’ The Alien Online

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Crafted, 2 Mar 2005
By Sandy Buchanan (Sheffield, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stories of Your Life and Others (Paperback)
This has to be one of the best SF short story collections I've read in a long while. The concepts and McGuffins that drive the plots- from the disproving of arithmetic to an industrial revolution based around golems to a society that can prevent the perception of beauty- are novel and intricately thought out. Moreover, they provide a motor for human drama that stops them simply becoming cold philosophizing and makes them genuinely moving. Ted Chiang feels completely in control of his story-telling, relying on ingenuity and subtle writing, rather than bombastic fireworks, to incite wonder. Read it if at all possible!
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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gems, 1 Jan 2004
By Mr. N. L. Asher "nealasher" (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stories of Your Life and Others (Hardcover)
An excellent collection of intelligent and entertaining stories - every one a gem.
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