A review by trin
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

4.0

Intellectually fascinating if somewhat emotionally cold short stories. Chiang has amazing, unique ideas—and clearly, the intense intelligence to back them up. Almost all of these stories will make you tilt your head and look at the world a little differently. I will say that I never felt a particular connection with any of the characters, or a desperate desire to see how so-and-so’s life turned out. Instead, each tale was like an intricate puzzle that I felt a curious compulsion to continue to put together or pull apart. That’s a different sort of reading experience for me—but ultimately an enjoyable and rewarding one.