![]() ![]() Granted, some readers may find the situations themselves thought-provoking enough to feel rewarded, but I'm not ashamed to admit that I found each destination to be not worth the journey.Īnd if you're wondering specifically how "Story of Your Life" compares to "Arrival". Instead, most simply ended, and only one or two provided any sense of reward for having made it through to the end. ![]() In short, reading these felt like WORK - which would have been fine if the payoff of each story had justified the effort. Chiang's stories, on the other hand, are built on the foundation of such passages, and I found myself trying to wrap my head around his imaginative scenarios rather than enjoying the narrative. Tom Clancy's novels can be riveting and thrilling, even if the reader glosses over the long passages of technological information, as they usually aren't essential to the story. But I often got lost in the intricate philosophical and/or physiological material which is elemental to his storytelling, not just background. Chiang is undeniably a talented writer, adept at describing each story's characters and world in detail. I could write a separate blurb about each story, but my feelings are similar for all of them. Read this after seeing (and loving) the feature film "Arrival", as the movie is based on "Story of Your Life", one of the eight short stories collected in this volume.
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