Exhalation: Stories, Ted Chiang (4.0)
Excellent short stories by the author who inspired the movie, ‘Arrival’. While considered Science Fiction, the stories are profound and thought provoking- such as the musings of a parrot, wondering why humans try so hard to communicate with life forms outside our galaxy while ignoring those who are trying to communicate with them on earth, i.e. said parrots. Chiang introduces potential technologies, and then exposes the possible moral and ethical issues they could bring. I enjoyed the unintentional consequences, which were not always bad. I particularly liked at the end, he discusses his motivation for each story, which gave even more depth to them.
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