About the Book: Stories of Your Life and Others
"'A science fiction genius . . . Ted Chiang is a superstar. The Guardian
With Stories of Your Life and Others, his masterful first collection,
multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and
scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his
trademark precise and evocative prose.
From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the firmament
above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part
of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of
physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our