Ted Chiang

writer
Novella

Story of Your Life

  • by Ted Chiang
  • in Starlight 2, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, November 1998

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  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

What’s Expected Of Us


A warning comes from the future about a toy that flashes a green led exactly one second before you press a button. I wonder whether it’s powered by thiotimoline.
The heart of the Predictor is a circuit with a negative time delay—it sends a signal back in time.
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  • Eloi Silver Medal
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Novelette

The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate


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  • Undetermined
  • Definite Time Travel
Feature Film

Arrival


A podship levitates over a frozen lake high in the mountains.
  • 2017 Hugo
  • 2016 Nebula
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel