Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow. If, like me, you are a fan of the science fiction author Ted Chiang, you know ...

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Science fiction author Ted Chiang wishes he could write faster. His entire body of work from the last 34 years almost completely fits into two book-length collections of short stories, and he says he ...

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