The award-winning writer’s complex, thoughtful and futuristic stories should prove fertile ground for film-makers now Hollywood has discovered him
In the small world of science fiction short stories, Ted Chiang is a superstar. It’s easier to list the major SF awards he hasn’t won than those he has, and he’s equally acclaimed in the broader field of literary short fiction – all for a body of work that could probably fit within half a Game of Thrones novel.
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If there is a recurrent theme, it's squaring the circle between fantasies of belief and the scientific worldview
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