u003cbu003eFrom the author of u003ciu003eExhalationu003c/iu003e, an award-winning short story collection that blends "absorbing storytelling with meditations on the universe, being, time and space ... raises questions about the nature of reality and what it is to be human" (u003ciu003eThe New York Times).u003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003ciu003eStories of Your Life and Others u003c/iu003edelivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, often presenting characters who must confront sudden change—the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens—with some sense of normalcy. With sharp intelligence and humor, Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by beauty and wonder. An award-winning collection from one of today's most lauded writers, u003ciu003eStories of Your Life and Others u003c/iu003eis a contemporary classic.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eIncludes “Story of Your Life”—the basis for the major motion picture u003ciu003eArrivalu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e
