Ted Chiang is described as a science fiction writer but that is too restrictive. I don’t read or like science fiction but I heard Chiang on a podcast, became mesmerized, so I read, and loved, these stories. All of them have other worldly elements to them but these are not what the stories are about. Rather, they allow Chiang to explore philosophical questions about life, knowledge, time, the nature of beauty, the meaning of devotion. This is a gorgeous book.

Stories of Your Life is the best piece of literature that I’ve read in a long time!!

This author is really intelligent. You think about his stories long after you are done reading them. I couldn’t understand every single thing (“Division by Zero” really zinged my brain), but highly enjoyed each story. Strongly recommend if you like sci fi!

I thought it was pretty good. Hype was pretty big. I did not recommend this to anyone I know, so it wasn't THAT good. My expectations were too high.

Finally, a twenty-first century successor to Clarke and Asimov!

I bought this book because I heard that one of the short stories was the basis for the film called "Arrival". This is a thinking person's science fiction. One of the stories took a twist that I couldn't see coming-that doesn't happen all that often, at least for me.