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Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI) (eBook) by Ted Chiang

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  • Page Length: 279 pages
  • Previously published as Stories of Your Life and Others. Includes "Story Of Your Life," the basis for the major motion picture Arrival, starring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, and directed by Denis Villeneuve.
  • Ted Chiang has long been known as one of the most powerful science fiction writers working today. Offering readers the dual delights of the very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, Arrival presents characters who must confront sudden change. In "Story of Your Life," which provides the basis for the film Arrival, alien lifeforms suddenly appear on Earth. When a linguist is brought in to help communicate with them and discern their intentions, her new knowledge of their language and its nonlinear structure allows her to see future events and all the joy and pain they may bring. In each story of this incredible collection, with sharp intelligence and humor, Ted Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by wonder.

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    • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon based on over 15k customer reviews.
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Various Digital Retailers have Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI) (eBook) by Ted Chiang on sale for $1.99.

Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for finding this deal.

Available from:About this title:
  • Page Length: 279 pages
  • Previously published as Stories of Your Life and Others. Includes "Story Of Your Life," the basis for the major motion picture Arrival, starring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, and directed by Denis Villeneuve.
  • Ted Chiang has long been known as one of the most powerful science fiction writers working today. Offering readers the dual delights of the very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, Arrival presents characters who must confront sudden change. In "Story of Your Life," which provides the basis for the film Arrival, alien lifeforms suddenly appear on Earth. When a linguist is brought in to help communicate with them and discern their intentions, her new knowledge of their language and its nonlinear structure allows her to see future events and all the joy and pain they may bring. In each story of this incredible collection, with sharp intelligence and humor, Ted Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by wonder.

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Written by jimmytx | Staff
  • About this Store:
  • Additional Information:
    • This offer is $1 less (33% savings) than our front page deal price of $2.99 from February 2023.
    • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon based on over 15k customer reviews.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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Not a book reader but the movie is just 🤯esp the more to watch it and catch the subtilties. It really makes you think.

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Not a book reader but the movie is just 🤯esp the more to watch it and catch the subtilties. It really makes you think.
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ThriftyStag796
Mar 30, 2025
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Listened to the audio book for exhalation by him and loved the stories. Thanks op
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Mar 31, 2025
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The short story this amazing movie is based off of is very boring and talks more about linguistics than promote the story

It's also very different from the movie

I'd skip it, despite the movie being one of my favorites
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ChrisL1958
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Two days ago, I pulled up to the "Smartless" podcast (for first time in 3-4 months), scrolled thru their list of guests and saw one with Denis Villeneuve (director of the movie) and from a random question, he mentioned that he read this book as a youth, found it beautiful and made the movie. I loved the movie, love his movies and thought "I can read a short story". I spent today looking for the it, found it was part of a larger book and decided I'll see if it's at my local library.

And it pops up here for $2. It just further confirms my suspicion that we are living in a simulated world!

Thanks OP!
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funnyman
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Quote from ChrisL1958 :
Two days ago, I pulled up to the "Smartless" podcast (for first time in 3-4 months), scrolled thru their list of guests and saw one with Denis Villeneuve (director of the movie) and from a random question, he mentioned that he read this book as a youth, found it beautiful and made the movie. I loved the movie, love his movies and thought "I can read a short story". I spent today looking for the it, found it was part of a larger book and decided I'll see if it's at my local library.And it pops up here for $2. It just further confirms my suspicion that we are living in a simulated world!Thanks OP!
similar situations happens to me not infrequently, I tried to share the idea with others. It's better to think it's all chance bias or this all part of the matrix ?
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momgoes2college
Mar 31, 2025
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Great, now we're going to have people who will never read the story (not a novel, a short story) voice their opinion just because they've seen the movie.
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TrancendentalO
Mar 31, 2025
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Contrary to some other opinions, I found the short story very good. Both it and the movie try to hit the out-of-linear-time mindset in different ways. I think it's best to have both as the concepts are super interesting, and take some time of sitting with them.

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TenderMustang125
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Divide by 0, Hell is the absence of God and Understand were my fav short stories. Honestly just look at how many awards this book received.
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Shockwav3
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Is this the Prometheus sequel
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makimbell
Mar 31, 2025
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This story is great, and it's not even the best one in this collection. I read it recently, and really there aren't any bad ones. I really enjoyed the whole collection.
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flybywiretl
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Quote from Shockwav3 :
Is this the Prometheus sequel
No, that would be Covenant.
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Quote from funnyman :
similar situations happens to me not infrequently, I tried to share the idea with others. It's better to think it's all chance bias or this all part of the matrix ?
Part coincidence, part targeting cookies and apps with access to the microphone on your device.

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