The release date for the English version of 'Stories of Your Life and Others' by
Ted Chiang is Oct 2010. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we found out that the foundations of mathematics were illogical and arbitrary? What if there was a name-science that could create life from inanimate matter? What if learning a language from another planet altered our understanding of time forever? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? The tales of Ted Chiang raise questions like these, the type of absurd ones. Narratives about your life and other people's.