The first collection of short stories by the multi-award-winning Ted Chiang, which includes the story "Story of Your Life," which inspired the screenplay for Denis Villeneuve's film "Arrival." One of the greatest science fiction writers is being translated into Greek for the first time.
The winner of four Hugo Awards and as many Nebula Awards, Ted Chiang, is presented to the Greek audience with a collection of eight astonishing short stories that explore the boundaries between science and religion, determinism and free will.
From the story "Tower of Babylon," which features a massive structure aiming to connect the surface of the Earth with the celestial dome, to the story "Hell is the Absence of God," about a world where visits from angels are a mesmerizing yet terrifying part of daily life, Ted Chiang's imagination challenges us to question our established perceptions of the universe and our place within it.
The story "Story of Your Life" describes the arrival on Earth of a group of aliens who force an American physicist and an American linguist to engage in the study and decoding of their language, helping the two scientists explore the limits of human language and the concept of time.
This is an extraordinarily original story that was adapted for film under the title Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker.
"Brilliant stories that haunt and captivate you. Ted Chiang is so enjoyable, original, and stylish that you simply find yourself speechless…" Junot Diaz
The book includes the stories:
- The Tower of Babylon
- Understand
- Division by Zero
- Story of Your Life
- Seventy Two Letters
- The Evolution of Human Science
- Hell is the Absence of God
- Do You Like What You See? (documentary)
