Story of Your Life

Name: Story of Your Life
Author: Ted Chiang

Type: Book

As of November 2026, Story of Your Life has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Lenny's Podcast (Dec 2025). Tech Sergeant Chen recommended it: Story of Your Life by Tai Cheng. It's my all-time favorite short story.

"Story of Your Life" is a science fiction novella by American writer Ted Chiang, first published in Starlight 2 in 1998, and later in 2002 in Chiang's collection of short stories, Stories of Your Life and Others. Some of the story's major themes include linguistic determinism.

Story of Your Life at a glance
Mentioned in	1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026)
First heard	Dec 2025 on Lenny's Podcast
Author	Ted Chiang
Published	1998
Subjects	Science Fiction
Genre	Science Fiction

Who recommended Story of Your Life?

Story of Your Life came up; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on Lenny's Podcast.

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What is Story of Your Life mentioned alongside?

Story of Your Life is most often mentioned alongside Tech Sergeant Chen, AWS and Anthropic.

Recommended by: Tech Sergeant Chen

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