![]() ![]() ![]() After all, the investors in a multi-million dollar science-fiction film play it safe to get a sizeable return. No doubt that familiar Hollywood plot device was imposed in order to assure the attention of a large enough audience. ![]() But it added the contrivance of a race against time to save the world. Heisserer’s adaptation provided a solid basis for an unusually intelligent and emotionally affecting film. That title refers to Story of Your Life, the short story that was adapted by screenwriter Eric Heisserer for the 2016 movie * Arrival with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, directed by Denis Villeneuve. In 2002, about half of them were published in his first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others. Most of them had been previously published, either online or as part of other print ventures. With the release this year of Exhalation: Stories, all of Ted Chiang’s brilliant, mind-bending short stories are now conveniently in book form. ![]()
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