Dorin and Kendyl discuss “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang and Arrival (2016), get into the paradox of the Book of Life, and wonder at how the adaptation amped up the dramatics.
Question(s) of the Week: Were the added dramatics of the movie worth it? And for the bonus round, did you understand/interpret the story and movie differently than we discussed?
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Main Discussion
Story of Your Life
-Ted Chaing
-Published in 2002
Arrival (2016)
-Written by Eric Heisserer
-Directed by Denis Villeneuve
-Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker
Question(s) of the Week: Were the added dramatics of the movie worth it? And for the bonus round, did you understand/interpret the story and movie differently than we discussed?
Adaptation Podcast 
Great discussion. I watched the film before I read the book so I may have been influenced in a certain way there.
The overall “design” of the pods – it occurred to us – how would they have been able to construct those ships? However it might be better that we didn’t find that level of detail.
The flash forwards were interesting. But as with all “time” stories – you cannot avoid a paradox and this was no exception.
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