In 'Story of Your Life,' which provides the basis for the film Arrival, alien lifeforms suddenly appear on Earth. Ted Chiang has long been known as one of the most powerful science fiction writers working today. Offering readers the dual delights of the very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, Arrival presents characters who must confront sudden change. “A swell movie adaptation always sends me to the source material, so Arrival had me pick up Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others: lean, relentless, and incandescent.” -Colson Whitehead, GQ Includes 'Story Of Your Life,' the basis for the major motion picture Arrival, starring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Previously published as Stories of Your Life and Others.
