That is until he runs into another patient who had a similar accident and treatment. The protagonist becomes preternaturally intelligent, realizes that such super-intelligence is considered a threat, but is able to keep one step ahead of the ordinary minds who pursue him. What if god didn’t sabotage construction by introducing varying languages and spreading humanity to the four winds? What if, instead, the tower did eventually reach to the heavens?Ģ.) “Understand:” A man who suffered severe brain damage due to a fall through thin ice, is put on an experimental medicine that begins to stimulate neurogenesis on a massive scale. At any rate, the pieces all have nerd appeal and offer philosophical food-for-thought as well as entertaining stories.ġ.) “Tower of Babylon:” The Biblical myth re-imagined. “Speculative fiction” is probably a more apt descriptor. This collection of eight smart short stories is most well-known for the eponymous story that served as the basis for the movie “Arrival.” The stories are sci-fi, but in the broadest sense of that word. Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
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