Arrival
by Ted Chiang
Recommended by Naval Ravikant and Tim Ferriss
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Science Fiction and Fiction.
From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the heavens above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality... Chiang's rigorously ima...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Science Fiction and Fiction.
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Naval Ravikant
Co-founder of AngelList; angel investor
“Incredible collection of short stories. | My current favorite short story, scifi short story: probably “Understand” by Ted Chiang. It’s in a collection called Stories of Your Life and Others. “Story of Your Life” was made into a movie called Arrival.”
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