His short story "Understand" is just... amazing.
replyIt wasn't until I discovered I was on the spectrum that I realized why it clicked so much. >.< I'm masking all the time, running conversational simulations to anticipate the societally-expected response to any given situation (and am high on the IQ spectrum).
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I have only read a few stories by Ted Chiang, but I concur, they were all fantastic.
replyI second this. Exhalation for some reason really resonates with me.
replyExhalation is really excellent.
replyIt's not really sci-fi but I also really enjoyed The Merchant And The Alchemist's Gate, and the one about the tower of babel, I forget the name at the moment.
Tower of Babylon
replyit's brilliant