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Here "humanism is inextricable from rationalism", and "it is the rationalism of the characters – and the writer – that makes them emotional and human". Įnglish fantasy author China Miéville wrote in a review in The Guardian that Chiang's stories in this collection "unfold with a logic that is ineluctable and compassionate". He added that science fiction relies on short fiction writers to "examine new ideas and push the boundaries of the field", and Chiang has demonstrated he is "more than up to that task". Johnson wrote that "it will not take readers new to these stories very long to appreciate their quality and beauty". Johnson said that this collection shows why Chiang's stories continue to win awards.

Reviewing the book at the SF Site, Greg L.

" Hell Is the Absence of God" (originally published in Starlight 3, July 2001) ( Hugo Award, Locus Award and Nebula Award winner).

" The Evolution of Human Science" (originally published as "Catching Crumbs from the Table" in Nature, June 2000).

" Seventy-Two Letters" (originally published in Vanishing Acts, June 2000) ( Sidewise Award winner).

" Story of Your Life" (originally published in Starlight 2, November 1998) ( Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winner).

" Division by Zero" (originally published in Full Spectrum 3, June 1991).

" Understand" (originally published in Asimov's, August 1991).

" Tower of Babylon" (originally published in Omni, November 1990) ( Nebula Award winner).

Chiang's second collection, Exhalation: Stories was released in 2019. It was reprinted in 2016 as Arrival to coincide with the adaptation of " Story of Your Life" as the film Arrival.

All of the stories except "Liking What You See: A Documentary" were previously published individually elsewhere. It collects Chiang's first eight stories. Stories of Your Life and Others is a collection of short stories by American writer Ted Chiang originally published in 2002 by Tor Books.