Clara Le reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Outstanding
5 stars
This is probably the book that made me fall in love with sci-fi literature.
Paperback, 296 pages
Italiano language
Published Oct. 9, 2008 by Stampalternativa.
4 stars
(269 reviews)
Se gli uomini avessero costruito una torre fino al cielo? Se un farmaco incrementasse l'intelligenza? Se i fondamenti della matematica fossero arbitrari e inconsistenti? Se l'esposizione a una scrittura aliena modificasse la nostra percezione del tempo? Se una scienza del dare nomi chiamasse alla vita la materia inanimata? Se la ricerca scientifica fosse monopolio di una casta di mutanti? Se angeli di salvezza e distruzione apparissero quotidianamente per le strade? Se ci fosse modo di rimanere indifferenti alla bellezza fisica?
🥒 reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
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4 stars
Story of Your Life had a cleaner ending in Arrival (2017). Pretty good though.
Tremenda originalidad en ciencia ficción
4 stars
Si bien estos cuentos pueden considerarse "ciencia ficción", se me ocurre describirlos mejor como "ingeniería mitológica" o algo por el estilo.
El autor toma ideas bíblicas, históricas y mitológicas, y utilizando su estética y misticismo para crear monumentos, máquinas, criaturas y manifestaciones a veces fantásticas, a veces retrofuturistas, y otras veces mágicas.
Leyendo estos cuentos pensaba que el autor toma una idea, la subvierte, y toma esa subversión y la explota al máximo, y luego un poco más. Su explotación de las ideas va muchísimo más allá de lo que uno se imagina que puede ofrecer dicha idea, y lo hace con gran originalidad y habilidad, logrando que cada paso extra se sienta coherente y no una exageración o un artificio barato para alargar la historia.
También hay un par de cuentos muy cortos, casi microrelatos de una o dos páginas, que están muy bien, y me gusta que el …
Si bien estos cuentos pueden considerarse "ciencia ficción", se me ocurre describirlos mejor como "ingeniería mitológica" o algo por el estilo.
El autor toma ideas bíblicas, históricas y mitológicas, y utilizando su estética y misticismo para crear monumentos, máquinas, criaturas y manifestaciones a veces fantásticas, a veces retrofuturistas, y otras veces mágicas.
Leyendo estos cuentos pensaba que el autor toma una idea, la subvierte, y toma esa subversión y la explota al máximo, y luego un poco más. Su explotación de las ideas va muchísimo más allá de lo que uno se imagina que puede ofrecer dicha idea, y lo hace con gran originalidad y habilidad, logrando que cada paso extra se sienta coherente y no una exageración o un artificio barato para alargar la historia.
También hay un par de cuentos muy cortos, casi microrelatos de una o dos páginas, que están muy bien, y me gusta que el mismo autor se diera cuenta de que a veces hay ideas que son interesantes como resumen de un argumento, o como disparadores para pensar en las ramificaciones de una idea, pero que no vale la pena elaborarlas más de lo necesario.
A mixed bag
3 stars
I found that I enjoyed some of these short stories and I disliked some others. Some of the ones I liked really outstayed their welcome: a good idea, but the story itself dragged. That said, there's some fun stuff in there.
The Weaver Reads reviewed Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang
Goodreads Review of Stories of Your Life and Others
5 stars
Ted Chiang is the best, and I think he needs no explanation. The best-known story in here is "Story of Your Life" (better know as the film Arrival). But, I think the best story in here is "Hell is the Absence of God." All of the stories left me thinking a bit after, and I'm continuing to do so now. The last set of stories in my version were also in Exhalation, so I skipped over them.
CousinDanny reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Great Collection of Short Sci Fi
4 stars
Ted Chiang: Stories of Your Life and Others (Hardcover, 2002, Tor) 4 stars
Arrival is one of my favorite movies so I wanted to check out the source material and I'll say I was not disappointed. I think the movie did the text justice. Lots of fun, short speculative fiction ideas played with in this collection. If you're a sci-fi/fantasy to hard sci-fi person and you haven't read this already, I'd recommend it.
sifuCJC reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Some sci fi stories, some not, all good
4 stars
The two stories of 'Stories of Your Life' (the inspiration of the movie Arrival) and 'Tower of Babylon' are very readable. The others are still great, but get technical. Chaing really is a great short story writer if you like the media.
Potajito reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
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4 stars
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Potajito reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
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3 stars
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Scott reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Kinda basic but cool
3 stars
Not my type of sci-fi at the end of the day, a little too pop science focused. Loved tower of Babylon, story of your life (the more metaphysical and less pop-sci ones). Rest were ok.
Every short story a treat
5 stars
Even if you find yourself less interested in one of the short stories, most will probably be very engaging. The short story "Story of your life", on which the movie "Arrival" is based on, is worth it. The story goes into much more depth than the movie.
steampunkLemur reviewed Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang
Incredibly creative
5 stars
This is one of those science fiction books that really manage to blow your mind with the possibilities that the writer proposes. As a short story collection, you're always left out wanting more of the stories. But they are as long as they have to be.
peter reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Magical and often beautiful, but never fanciful
"Hell Is the Absence of God" has stuck with me since I first read it in a collection almost 20 years ago, and Arrival was an instant favourite film when it came out, but somehow it has taken me until the past few years to read more of Chiang's work. I'm glad that I did. Exhalation was brilliant, but I think this collection tops it—the combination of religious/mythical thinking and the methodical, engineering mindset gives each story a unique blend of rigor and depth. He makes worlds where impossible things happen but feel entirely believable, and tells stories that are laden with metaphor and commentary that don't feel didactic. They're magical and often beautiful, but never fanciful—which I mean as high praise.
enne📚 reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Stories of Your Life and Others
4 stars
At this point, I'll read anything from Ted Chiang after having read several short story collections and articles. If you only want to read one collection, I think Exhalation had more stories that will stick with me for a long time than the ones from this earlier collection, but I really enjoyed so many bits of this one too.
Martin reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
None
5 stars
This is a remarkable collection of stories. I found them all interesting for many different reasons.
Subjects
- narrativa americana
- fantascienza