Story of Your Life

This article is about the Ted Chiang novella. For the Ted Chiang anthology, see Stories of Your Life and Others. For the Matthew West album, see The Story of Your Life. For the Five for Fighting song, see Story of Your Life (song).

"Story of Your Life"
Short story by Ted Chiang
Illustration for "Story of Your Life" by Hidenori Watanabe for S-F Magazine
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inStarlight 2
Publication typeAnthology
PublisherTor Books
Publication dateNovember 1998

"Story of Your Life" is a science fiction novella by American writer Ted Chiang, first published in Starlight 2 in 1998, and later in 2002 in Chiang's collection of short stories, Stories of Your Life and Others. Its major themes are language and determinism.

"Story of Your Life" won the 2000 Nebula Award for Best Novella, as well as the 1999 Theodore Sturgeon Award. It was nominated for the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Novella. The novella has been translated into Italian, Japanese, French and German.[1]

A film adaptation of the story, Arrival, was conceived and adapted by Eric Heisserer. Titled and directed by Denis Villeneuve, it was released in 2016. It stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay; it won the award for Best Sound Editing.[2][3][4] The film also won the 2017 Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.[5][6]

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  2. ^ "Jeremy Renner Joins Amy Adams in Sci-Fi 'Story of Your Life'". The Hollywood Reporter. March 6, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  3. ^ Zutter, Natalie (August 8, 2016). "Your First Look at Arrival, the Adaptation of Ted Chiang's Novella Story of Your Life". TOR. tor.com. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  4. ^ "Oscar Nominations: Complete List". Variety. January 24, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  5. ^ "Nebula Awards 2017". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  6. ^ "2017 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. December 31, 2016. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.