Ep 699 - Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others), by Ted Chiang

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

This collection of short stories runs the gamut from biblical fiction to sci-fi mockumentary to "short story that inspired a very successful film named Arrival." Recurring themes include Creation, Thought, and Perception. Pretty heavy stuff! But Chiang tackles it all with creativity and flair.

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:05.6	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told tale,
0:11.2	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.2	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:46.0	Music These are books you should been meaning to read.
0:49.1	My name is Craig.
0:50.2	My name is Andrew.
0:52.9	Time for science, but fiction.
0:56.7	Ooh.
0:57.6	Do you know, they got science in their fiction now?
1:00.8	They do.
1:01.5	I don't like fictional science.
1:03.6	I do like science fiction.
1:06.2	It's very important to.
1:07.6	Very important.
1:08.7	Yeah, one of those things has, I don't know, like an audience and funding and stuff, and one of those doesn't.
1:14.4	Mm-hmm.
1:15.7	Mm-hmm.
1:16.0	Right now.
1:18.1	Yeah.
1:18.8	This is our book podcast where every week one of us reads a book that we've never read before, and we tell the other person about it.
1:23.9	And you, the listeners at home, Craig, let's just get right into it.
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