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Has anybody read Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang? (lemmus.org)
submitted 8 months ago by VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to c/books@lemmy.world
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Fun fact: it got made into the film Arrival.

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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Apparently AMC has rights to make a series about that one. I haven't heard anything about it for years.

Understand or Tower of Babylon were probably my favorites, after Story of Your Life. I loved the cat and mouse game towards the end of Understand, the shirt was such a brilliant concept. Limitless could have been so much better of a movie.

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is making me want to go back and read them again. They seem like the kind of stories I might get even more out of the second time around.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think most of Chaing's work really needs multiple reads. Especially Story of Your Life, because of obvious reasons. Having the context of the full picture makes the smaller aspects fuller.

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I decided to watch Arrival tonight. It’s great so far! I’m glad they captured the sense of awe and uncertainty well. I’m about halfway through (intermission now - taking a snack break).