I read Stories of Your Life and Others, and felt he had some interesting ideas, but not very interesting characters, and pretty much all of his characters sound

I read Stories of Your Life and Others, and felt he had some interesting ideas, but not very interesting characters, and pretty much all of his characters sounded like they had the same voice (Which, as a writer myself, I admit it can be difficult. I struggle with giving my characters distinct voices as well). Made it hard for me to get emotionally invested in his stories, and I found them a bit of a slog to get through. Not sure if I'll give his other books a read, but I might. He has a background in Computer Science, by the way, for those that might be interested.