A review by madgec
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

I have read this collection some 3 times, and own the physical version.

Hell is the absence of god is the clear best story on the first read. The story of your life is the most famous, having been made into a movie, and really impacted me on this, my fourth or fifth read of this one. 

I also for the first time was able to appreciate seventy-two letters, I think in the past its themes did not land with me, or it seemed to slow. Not this time