Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang)

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science fiction short story short story

"Story of Your Life" is a science fiction short story by Ted Chiang that explores language, determinism, and nonlinear time through a linguist’s attempt to communicate with alien visitors.

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instanceOf science fiction short story ⓘ
short story ⓘ
adaptedAs Arrival ⓘ
author Ted Chiang ⓘ
awardReceived Nebula Award for Best Novella ⓘ
awardYear Nebula Award for Best Novella ⓘ
surface form: 2000 Nebula Award for Best Novella
centralConcept Sapir–Whorf hypothesis ⓘ
block universe theory ⓘ
linguistic relativity ⓘ
predestination ⓘ
collectedIn Story of Your Life ⓘ
surface form: Stories of Your Life and Others
collectionPublicationYear 2002 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editorOfFirstPublication Patrick Nielsen Hayden ⓘ
featuresEvent arrival of alien spacecraft ⓘ
featuresSpecies heptapods ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Denis Villeneuve ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2016 ⓘ
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Eric Heisserer ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Starlight 2 ⓘ
focusesOn acquisition of alien language ⓘ
communication with extraterrestrials ⓘ
genre first-contact fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasISBNInCollection 978-0-7653-0418-6 ⓘ
hasPageCountInCollection approximately 60 pages ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryTheme causality ⓘ
determinism ⓘ
free will ⓘ
grief ⓘ
language ⓘ
nonlinear time ⓘ
parenthood ⓘ
mainCharacter Louise Banks ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrativeStructure nonlinear narrative ⓘ
nominatedFor Hugo Award for Best Novella ⓘ
notableFor exploration of nonlinear perception of time ⓘ
integration of linguistics and physics concepts ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1998 ⓘ
protagonistOccupation linguist ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Tor Books ⓘ
setting near-future Earth ⓘ
structureDevice interwoven future and past scenes ⓘ
toldAs address to the protagonist's daughter ⓘ

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Denis Villeneuve → adaptedFrom → Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang) ⓘ
Officer Jimmy in Arrival → basedOnWork → Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang) ⓘ
subject surface form: Officer Jimmy
this entity surface form: "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang