What's expected of us

Re:What's expected of us by friendcomputer on Thursday January 16, 2014 @12:11AM (#7068192)

I highly recommend Ted Chiang. I really enjoyed "Story of your Life" available in this short story collection of the same name: http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Your-Life-Others-Chiang/dp/193...

Some of the stuff is a but uneven but he's written some of the most thought-provoking sci-fi I've read in some time.

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Re:What's expected of us by pattisapu on Thursday January 16, 2014 @12:48AM (#7068274)

Looks like "Story of Your Life" is going to be made into a movie. http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/10/ted-chiang-story-of-your-li...

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Re:What's expected of us by friendcomputer on Thursday January 16, 2014 @01:05AM (#7068317)

Hmm. I'd like to say I'm excited but I really don't see how they will capture that story effectively in film.

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Re:What's expected of us by dvanduzer on Thursday January 16, 2014 @02:37AM (#7068482)

I last heard his name when a good friend recommended "Hell is the Absence of God" to me.

I later tried to recommend it to my mother, but found myself incapable of doing so.

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Re:What's expected of us by lmm on Thursday January 16, 2014 @10:59AM (#7070068)

Can you explain Story of your Life? To me it just doesn't make sense, our consciousnesses don't work like that - which undermines any point it might be making.

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