Story of Your Life {novella} (1998)

by Ted Chiang

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Hugo Award (Nominee – Novella – 1999)

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Story of Your Life {novella}

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1998

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This record is for a single story (Story of Your Life). Do not combine it with the collection (Stories of Your Life and Others)

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