The result is an impactful and intricate collection of stories that showcases Chiang’s ability to narrativize the wonder of scientific discovery.ĭespite the complex nature of his stories, however, Chiang’s tendency to focus on concepts and characters make his writing personable to read.
The result is an impactful and intricate collection of stories that showcases Chiang’s ability to narrativize the wonder of scientific discovery. However, rather than focusing on the growing animosity between humans and aliens, with all signs pointing to an interstellar war, Chiang instead bases the story around how possible re-interpretations of physics and language acquisition can change our consciousnesses. In “Story of Your Life,” arguably one of Chiang’s most famous short stories (you may have seen Arrival, its movie adaptation), aliens arrive unexpectedly on Earth with mysterious intentions. “Division by Zero,” for example, revolves around a woman’s exploration of one mathematical formalism-and her subsequent breakdown when she realizes that all math is theoretical. In his collection of short stories, worlds are developed and explored not just through the driving forces of plot and action, but also the unfolding of a scientific theme which oftentimes culminates in what Chiang terms a “conceptual breakthrough.” Ted Chiang’s Stories of Your Life and Others, however, delves into the genre in a subtly different way.
The genre of science fiction can conjure thoughts of bold encounters like galaxy-wide explorations or dystopias with AI creations gone wrong.
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