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Ana, from the lifecycle of software by ted chiang

Every quality that made a person more valuable than a database was a product of experience.

ANA, FROM THE LIFECYCLE OF SOFTWARE BY TED CHIANG

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Ted Chiang's Short SF Stories

Ted Chiang's Short SF Stories

Ted Chiang became famous for his short philosophical stories. His début collection, “Stories of Your Life and Others” (2002), garnered multiple awards and included “Story of Your Life,” which reëxamined the phenomena of time and memory in terms of language. 

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