My rating: 4/5 stars
I’d read Chiang’s (long) short story ‘Story of Your Life’ last year and loved it — it blew my mind and I’ve been raving about it ever since to anybody who would listen. So I was excited to delve into this collection. There’s no doubt that Chiang is a genius of a writer, in both his ideas and execution. These stories are literary sci-fi with real characters at their hearts. The opening story ‘Tower of Babylon’ also blew me away. I’ve just deducted a star because there were a couple of stories I didn’t engage with so well, and for me five stars means near perfection.
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