Now, collected for the first time, are all seven of this extraordinary writer's extraordinary stories so far -- plus an eighth story written especially for this volume.

What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven -- and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that call life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Stories of your life... and others.

The publication of Stories of Your Life is a major event in SF.

This collection includes:

• "Tower of Babylon"
• "Understand"
• "Division by Zero"
• "Story of Your Life"
• "Seventy-Two Letters"
• "The Evolution of Human Science"
• "Hell Is the Absence of God"
• "Liking What You See: A Documentary"