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Delightful intro, turns out it's written by the master storyteller, Ted Chiang.

by atgctg 4y ago

jadbox 4y ago
Perhaps one of the greatest fiction writers of all time. Somehow I have a feeling that black mirror is inspired by Chiang's stories. "Understand" is a short story that I often ponder on. There's riddles within riddles to parse the story meanings.
chrisshroba 4y ago
In case folks don't know who he is, Ted Chiang wrote the short story collection "Stories of your Life and Others", and one of the stories was "Story of your Life", on which the movie Arrival was based.
- a_brawling_boo 4y ago
  It is an amazing book, not just for science fiction fans. The first story, "Tower of Babylon" somehow is like a science fiction story but based on ancient people's cosmology. Great book.
  - thundergolfer 4y ago
    Best story in the book, imo. The first and last story (about the angels) are the best. I was a little underwhelmed by _Story Of Your Life_ and _Understand_, given their reputation.
  - sangnoir 4y ago
    The stories are insanely creative and leave you thinking: Hell is the absence of God is a fantastic genre-bender I can imagine few other authors writing. Exhalation is also great, but it's in a different anthology.
dang 4y ago
Some related threads: Ted Chiang: Realist of a Larger Reality - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20657304 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20657304 - Aug 2019 (36 comments) Ted Chiang's Soulful Science Fiction - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13989588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13989588 - March 2017 (79 comments) Ted Chiang on Seeing His Stories Adapted and the Ever-Expanding Popularity of SF - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13053377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13053377 - Nov 2016 (51 comments) Interview with Ted Chiang - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12957302 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12957302 - Nov 2016 (59 comments) Profile of Ted Chiang: The Perfectionist - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8837488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8837488 - Jan 2015 (20 comments)

Delightful intro, turns out it's written by the master storyteller, Ted Chiang.

by atgctg 4y ago

Delightful intro, turns out it's written by the master storyteller, Ted Chiang.

Perhaps one of the greatest fiction writers of all time. Somehow I have a feeling that black mirror is inspired by Chiang's stories. "Understand" is a short story that I often ponder on. There's riddles within riddles to parse the story meanings.

chrisshroba 4y ago

In case folks don't know who he is, Ted Chiang wrote the short story collection "Stories of your Life and Others", and one of the stories was "Story of your Life", on which the movie Arrival was based.

a_brawling_boo 4y ago
It is an amazing book, not just for science fiction fans. The first story, "Tower of Babylon" somehow is like a science fiction story but based on ancient people's cosmology. Great book.
- thundergolfer 4y ago
  Best story in the book, imo. The first and last story (about the angels) are the best. I was a little underwhelmed by _Story Of Your Life_ and _Understand_, given their reputation.
- sangnoir 4y ago
  The stories are insanely creative and leave you thinking: Hell is the absence of God is a fantastic genre-bender I can imagine few other authors writing. Exhalation is also great, but it's in a different anthology.

dang 4y ago

Some related threads: Ted Chiang: Realist of a Larger Reality - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20657304 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20657304 - Aug 2019 (36 comments) Ted Chiang's Soulful Science Fiction - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13989588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13989588 - March 2017 (79 comments) Ted Chiang on Seeing His Stories Adapted and the Ever-Expanding Popularity of SF - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13053377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13053377 - Nov 2016 (51 comments) Interview with Ted Chiang - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12957302 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12957302 - Nov 2016 (59 comments) Profile of Ted Chiang: The Perfectionist - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8837488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8837488 - Jan 2015 (20 comments)