This emotional tug of Chiang’s stories is surprising; his style of writing in the collection is precise and straightforward, almost distant. Oftentimes, its tone can feel more like a scientific documentary or research project than a piece of fiction.
The Written Advantage
Why even bother? That’s a question perhaps worth asking of the written word. We have movies, we have television, we have videogames. Why go to the trouble of reading at all? It’s a lot more effort, with a lot less—well—production value. Movies are single, big, events. Explosions (literal and figurative) and grandiosity galore. Television shows … Continue reading The Written Advantage
BERKELEY FICTION REVIEW 