There's no disputing taste, of course, but I just couldn't stand the tweeness of _Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow_. I thought the whole thing seemed like an extract of _Free Guy_.
I thought it was done better in Ted Chiang's _Lifecycles of Software Objects_.
Totally. I haven't heard of that book, but interesting. It did feel a bit young, but I think I'm a sucker for that kind of bent, so it didn't bother me. A totally fair critique, though, to be sure.
If you haven't read anything by Ted Chiang, you're in for a treat. (IMO)
I'd start with _Stories of Your Life and others_, a collection including the absolutely amazing "Story of Your Life" (which was filmed as _Arrival_).
His second collection, _Exhalation_, has the heartbreaking "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom", which is the only story I've read that really drives home the multiverse.
There's no disputing taste, of course, but I just couldn't stand the tweeness of _Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow_. I thought the whole thing seemed like an extract of _Free Guy_.
I thought it was done better in Ted Chiang's _Lifecycles of Software Objects_.
Totally. I haven't heard of that book, but interesting. It did feel a bit young, but I think I'm a sucker for that kind of bent, so it didn't bother me. A totally fair critique, though, to be sure.
If you haven't read anything by Ted Chiang, you're in for a treat. (IMO)
I'd start with _Stories of Your Life and others_, a collection including the absolutely amazing "Story of Your Life" (which was filmed as _Arrival_).
His second collection, _Exhalation_, has the heartbreaking "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom", which is the only story I've read that really drives home the multiverse.
But that's me fanboying...
oh nice. i see i've read a number of his articles, just not books! will bookmark them to read at some point! thanks for the rec.