‘Chiang writes seldom, but his almost unfathomably wonderful stories tick away with the precision of a Swiss watch – and explode in your awareness with shocking, devastating force’
‘The stories range widely in time, subject and style but are united by a patient but ruthless fascination with the limits of knowledge’
‘He puts the science back in science fiction – brilliantly’
‘Chiang derides lazy thinking, weasels it out of its hiding place, and leaves it cowering’
‘Confirms that blending science and fine art at this length can produce touching works, tales as intimate as our own blood cells, with the structural strength of just-discovered industrial alloys’
About the Author
Ted Chiang was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and currently lives outside Seattle, Washington. In 1990 he won the Nebula Award for his first published story, ‘Tower of Babylon’. Following this triumph, his stories have won him numerous other awards, making him one of the most honoured writers in contemporary SF.
Copyright
First published 2002 as Stories of Your Life and Others by Tor, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, New York
First published by Picador 2015
This electronic edition published 2016 by Picador
an imprint of Pan Macmillan
20 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RR
Associated companies throughout the world
ISBN 978-1-5098-5117-1
Copyright © Ted Chiang 2002
Cover artwork © 2016 Xenolinguistics, LLC, all rights reserved
The right of Ted Chiang to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
The copyright acknowledgements here constitute an extension of this copyright page.
You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Visit www.picador.com to read more about all our books and to buy them. You will also find features, author interviews and news of any author events, and you can sign up for e-newsletters so that you’re always first to hear about our new releases.
