Story of Your Life

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novella science fiction novella

"Story of Your Life" is a science fiction novella by Ted Chiang that explores language, determinism, and human emotion through a linguist’s encounters with alien visitors.

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Label Occurrences
Stories of Your Life and Others 1
Story of Your Life canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novella ⓘ
science fiction novella ⓘ
adaptedAs Arrival NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Ted Chiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
awarded Nebula Award for Best Novella NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardYear 2000 ⓘ
centralRelationship mother–daughter relationship ⓘ
collectedIn Stories of Your Life and Others NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editorOfFirstPublication Patrick Nielsen Hayden NERFINISHED ⓘ
exploresConcept deterministic universe ⓘ
effects of language on cognition ⓘ
nonlinear time ⓘ
predestination ⓘ
featuresSpecies heptapods NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Denis Villeneuve NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2016 ⓘ
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Eric Heisserer NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Starlight 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre first-contact fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Louise Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length novella-length ⓘ
mainCharacter Louise Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
narrativeStructure nonlinear ⓘ
nominatedFor Hugo Award for Best Novella NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
protagonistOccupation linguist ⓘ
publicationYear 1998 ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Tor Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting near-future Earth ⓘ
subjectMatter linguistics ⓘ
physics of time ⓘ
xenolinguistics ⓘ
theme Sapir–Whorf hypothesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
causality ⓘ
communication ⓘ
determinism ⓘ
fate ⓘ
free will ⓘ
human emotion ⓘ
language ⓘ
parenthood ⓘ
time perception ⓘ

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Arrival → basedOn → Story of Your Life ⓘ
Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang) → collectedIn → Story of Your Life ⓘ
subject surface form: Story of Your Life
this entity surface form: Stories of Your Life and Others