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Ted Chiang - "Story of Your Life" (1998) | Chrononauts Episode 48.4

Ted Chiang - "Story of Your Life" (1998) | Chrononauts Episode 48.4

Update: 2025-07-11

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Containing Matters of Mapping Memory

Timestamps:

Ted Chiang background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00 )

spoiler summary, spoiler discussion, "Arrival" discussion (17:21 )

Bibliography:

Brady, Amy - "Barack Obama’s 2019 Summer Reading List", Chicago Review of Books, https://chireviewofbooks.com/2019/08/20/barack-obamas-2019-summer-reading-list/

Grant, Gavin J. - interview with Ted Chiang, indiebound https://web.archive.org/web/20170407032812/http://www.indiebound.org/author-interviews/chiangted

McCarron, Meghan - "The Legendary Ted Chiang on Seeing His Stories Adapted and the Ever-Expanding Popularity of SF"https://electricliterature.com/the-legendary-ted-chiang-on-seeing-his-stories-adapted-and-the-ever-expanding-popularity-of-sf/

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Ted Chiang - "Story of Your Life" (1998) | Chrononauts Episode 48.4

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