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Stories of Your Life and Others SSC Vintage

Ted Chiang
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science fiction hard science fiction past tense third limited POV ~365 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

existential philosophical lyrical

A science fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count91,217
Page count~365 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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