Story of Your Life, by Ted Chiang

Note: My apologies for repeat announcement– the previous announcement featured an incorrect date.

For May 21st, we'll be reading the fascinating science-fiction story Story of Your Life, by Ted Chiang. The story has been translated into numerous languages and was made into a film. From Time Magazine's profile of the author:

"Ted Chiang is perhaps the world’s most celebrated living science-fiction author. His short, carefully hewn stories explore how our inner worlds and our societies would react to unexpected rifts in the fabric of science. How would it feel to receive a hormone injection that drastically improved your cognitive function? What if learning an alien language changed the way you perceived time? And if humanity were to create artificial life, what obligations would we owe it?"

As always, only one rule: you can print the story out or simply discuss it from memory, but let's keep the meetup screen-free please!