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ROBERT J. SAWYER
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Book Review
Stories of Your Life
Reviewed by Robert J. Sawyer
Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang, Tor Books, 288 pages, July 2002, CDN$34.95.
Copyright © 2002 by Robert J. Sawyer
All Rights Reserved
It's often been said that science fiction works best at shorter lengths.
Proving that maxim better than anyone in recent history is Ted Chiang.
He's never published a novel, and only has eight short stories to his
credit — but what short stories! His first — 1990's "Tower of Babel" —
won him the Nebula Award, the SF equivalent of an Oscar. His most recent
— 2001's "Hell is the Absence of God" — got him a Hugo, SF's people's
choice award. Chiang's entire oeuvre is collected in Stories of Your Life
(Tor Books, Cdn$34.95). Chiang is a consummate stylist, and these lyrical
tales aren't just great SF; they're great literature.
— Robert J. Sawyer, whose latest novel is Hominids (Tor)
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