Stories of Your Life and Others Author:Ted Chiang Stories of Your Life and Others delivers 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 m... more »eans 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, Stories of Your Life and Others is a contemporary classic.