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Has anybody read Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang? (lemmus.org)
submitted 11 months ago by VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to c/books@lemmy.world
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Fun fact: it got made into the film Arrival.

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[โ€“] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's amazing that he wrote these stories over decades, publishing them one at a time in sci-fi periodicals as an "amateur". All the while he had a day job as a Technical Writer.

[โ€“] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Many writer wrote short stories in periodicals while working on another job before they made it big.

Stephen King published many short stories while working in a laundromat and later as a teacher early in his career.