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Ted Chiang is the best, and I think he needs no explanation. The best-known story in here is "Story of Your Life" (better know as the film Arrival). But, I think the best story in here is "Hell is the Absence of God." All of the stories left me thinking a bit after, and I'm continuing to do so now. The last set of stories in my version were also in Exhalation, so I skipped over them.

The two stories of 'Stories of Your Life' (the inspiration of the movie Arrival) and 'Tower of Babylon' are very readable. The others are still great, but get technical. Chaing really is a great short story writer if you like the media.

This is one of those science fiction books that really manage to blow your mind with the possibilities that the writer proposes. As a short story collection, you're always left out wanting more of the stories. But they are as long as they have to be.

At this point, I'll read anything from Ted Chiang after having read several short story collections and articles. If you only want to read one collection, I think Exhalation had more stories that will stick with me for a long time than the ones from this earlier collection, but I really enjoyed so many bits of this one too.

Every story in this collection left its distinct aftertaste. I didn't find the style mind-bending. However, his plots are strong, really really strong.

Each story sticks with you in a unique way. Written smartly, with pacing that I haven't seen even in an anthology of short stories in quite a long time. I strongly recommend this book to everyone I know. You'll really enjoy it.

Didn't love this book, which is a collection of unrepated short stories. I found Story of Your Life (on which the new movie Arrival is based) to be wonderful, but the others were not my favorites. Each felt like a solid premise, but the exploration of that premise was uneventful across the various stories. Glad to have read Story of Your Life though -- very interesting to see what the movie was faithful to, and where it diverged.