Jan 2026: "Stories of Your Life and Others" by Ted Chiang

This month we will read and discuss "Stories of Your Life and Others" by Ted Chiang.

Stories of Your Life and Others delivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, often presenting characters who must confront sudden change—the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens—with some sense of normalcy. With sharp intelligence and humor, Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by beauty and wonder. An award-winning collection from one of today's most lauded writers, Stories of Your Life and Others is a contemporary classic.

DETAILS ABOUT OUR MEETING: We are starting at 6:00 PM for a general greetings and a potluck supper. The book discussion will begin at about 6:45 PM. At the conclusion of the discussion, we will elect the next Non-Fiction book to discuss at the March 2026 meetup. The candidate books will be posted soon:

1. Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany; Marthe Cohn & Wendy Holden, 314 pages, 4.6 stars
2. The Coming Wave: AI, Power, and Our Future; Mustafa Suleyman, 352 pages, 4.3 stars
3. The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live and Die; Keith Payne, 256 pages; 4.6 stars

Hope to see you there.