I've never read a collection of short stories before and this was the first, but I'm glad I bought this one. This book contains one of the most original ideas that develops into an anwesome sci-fi stories. Some of the short stories are simply exceptional and mind-blowing (Stories Of Your Life, Hell Is The Absence Of God, The Evolution Of Human Science) I think people should definitely read that.

This book contains some different kind of science-fictions. Heavy of science and historical reference, almost like documentary, but enjoyable. Not in spite of it, but because of it. The biggest strength of the book is on how the author play multi-perspective for every issue that make us see the longitude, latitude, and altitude of any it. It makes such a quiet and unique tales.

Among 10 stories, these three are the most excellent piece of fictions I've ever read:

For a moment, I thought of this book, not on purpose of course, a literary version of Black Mirror. But then again, it would be an understatement. Ted Chiang has a bunch of satirical ideas, wrapped in an absolutely dazzling performance and with a twist of spirituality. It incites one to reconsider one's own view on how modernity alongside its luxurious and seemingly magical technological development could actually alter humanity in an unpredictably humble manner, whilst on the other hand lifts one's own mind on how God should be interpreted when it comes to the modernity's tendency towards secularism. Make no mistake, this is A science fiction book, and it is a spectacular... See More