kingserasera 's review for:

4.0

Short stories are not usually my chosen genre but I really loved this anthology. The stories are smart and well written with interesting commentary on our society’s fascinations with faith, love, beauty, and the future. Definitely my favourite type of science-fiction, the realistic-makes-you-think-what-if kind!

Stories of Your Life is the short story on which the movie Arrival was based and while I loved the story, it didn’t have the same impact once I knew the plot twist. I think my favourite of the collection was “Liking What You See: A Documentary”; I definitely want to use it with my students next semester. I’ll definitely seek out more Ted Chiang to read!