SEPTEMBER BOOK
Our book for September (hard to believe another summer is almost gone) is Stories of Your Life and Others (link) by American author Ted Chiang. The title story was the basis for the science fiction film Arrival. Once again, we'll meet at the Tap & Barrel Shipyards location in North Vancouver, just a few minutes walk from the Seabus terminal. (Check earlier posts for more precise directions.) Join the lonesome bibliophiles on the evening of Tuesday, September 6 at 7pm for good food, drink and conversation. As always, all are welcome.
This new edition of Ted Chiang's masterful first collection,
Stories of Your Life and Others, includes his first eight published stories plus the author's story notes and a cover that the author commissioned himself. Combining the precision and scientific curiosity of Kim Stanley Robinson with Lorrie Moore's cool, clear love of language and narrative intricacy, this award-winning collection offers readers the dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar.
Stories of Your Life and Others presents characters who must confront sudden change—the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens—while striving to maintain some sense of normalcy.
