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Ted Chiang: Stories of Your Life and Others (Paperback, 2005, Tor) 4 stars

Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent …

Review of 'Stories of Your Life and Others' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Pretty uneven set of stories, but the good ones are very very good. I particularly liked Tower of Babylon, Stories of your life, Hell is the Absence of God and Liking What You See: A Documentary.

All of these give a definite impression of starting with a "what if.... X?" and running with it - sometimes at the cost of feeling like "concepts" rather than "stories with a plot and characters". Which is not necessarily a bad thing, mind you! some of the explored concepts are indeed very intriguing and/or fun!