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ISBN 10: 1931520720
ISBN 13: 9781931520720
Author: Ted Chiang
This new edition of Ted Chiang’s masterful first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, includes his first eight published stories plus the author’s story notes and a cover that the author commissioned himself. Combining the precision and scientific curiosity of Kim Stanley Robinson with Lorrie Moore’s cool, clear love of language and narrative intricacy, this award-winning collection offers readers the dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar.Stories of Your Life and Others presents characters who must confront sudden change—the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens—while striving to maintain some sense of normalcy. In the amazing and much-lauded title story, a grieving mother copes with divorce and the death of her daughter by drawing on her knowledge of alien languages and non-linear memory recollection.

Stories of Your Life and Others 1st Table of contents:

1. Story of Your Life

  • The title story of the collection, exploring themes of language, time, and communication, with a focus on a linguist’s interaction with an alien species.

2. Understand

  • A story about a man who undergoes an experimental procedure to enhance his intelligence, leading to both amazing cognitive abilities and existential consequences.

3. Division by Zero

  • A tale about a mathematician struggling with the implications of a proof that leads her to question the fabric of reality and the nature of existence.

4. The Tower of Babylon

  • A speculative story set in a universe where the Babylonians are building a tower to reach the vault of heaven, examining the themes of science, religion, and exploration.

5. Seventy-Two Letters

  • A story that explores the intersection of science, magic, and human ambition, set in an alternate Victorian era where “golem-like” creations are brought to life through the manipulation of letters.

6. The Evolution of Human Science

  • A narrative about the development of scientific knowledge and the ethical challenges that arise as humanity progresses.

7. Hell Is the Absence of God

  • A story that takes place in a world where the existence of God and Hell is undeniable, and explores the profound impact on human life and relationships.

8. Liking What You See: A Documentary

  • A speculative fiction piece exploring the societal implications of a procedure that allows individuals to eliminate the ability to perceive physical beauty.

9. The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate

  • A time-travel story set in a mythical Middle Eastern city, in which a merchant discovers a portal that allows him to travel through time and face the consequences of his actions.

10. The Lifecycle of Software Objects

  • A story about the ethical dilemmas faced by the creators of artificial intelligence as they try to raise and care for digital beings, exploring themes of identity, care, and responsibility.

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