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"It's a Good Life" is a short story by American writer Jerome Bixby, written in 1953. In 1970, the Science Fiction Writers of America selected it for The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, as one of the 20 best short stories in science fiction published prior to the Nebula Award. The story was first published in Star Science Fiction ...
"Story of Your Life" is narrated by linguist Dr. Louise Banks the day her daughter is conceived. Addressed to her daughter, the story alternates between recounting the past: the coming of the aliens and the deciphering of their language; and remembering the future: what will happen to her daughter as she grows up, and her daughter's untimely death.
As a storm is breaking in the sky, Shiftlet sees a road sign that reads, "Drive carefully. The life you save may be your own." Shiftlet then offers a ride to a boy who did not even have his thumb out. Shiftlet tries to make conversation, telling stories about his sweet mother, who is—as the boy at the diner called Lucynell—"an angel of Gawd."
Scrolling through the news, the world can feel like a terrible place. But the Instagram account Random Kindness is here to remind us that good still exists. Sharing uplifting stories, heartwarming ...
The post Inspiring Stories from People Who Found Their True Calling Halfway Through Life appeared first on Reader's Digest. Inspiring Stories from People Who Found Their True Calling Halfway ...
Change can be difficult to process, but Angelou offers a thoughtful reframing: “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
It collects Chiang's first eight stories. All of the stories except "Liking What You See: A Documentary" were previously published individually elsewhere. It was reprinted in 2016 as Arrival to coincide with the adaptation of "Story of Your Life" as the film Arrival. [2] [3] Chiang's second collection, Exhalation: Stories was released in 2019. [4]
Life As We Knew It is a young adult science fiction novel by American author Susan Beth Pfeffer, first published in 2006 by Harcourt Books. It is the first book in The Last Survivors series, followed by The Dead and the Gone. The book follows a teenage girl named Miranda and her family, who live in northeastern Pennsylvania and struggle to ...