This Month’s Genre: Short Stories
Book:
The Lottery
Story of Your Life
Author: Shirley Jackson and Ted Chiang
Summery:
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" is a memorable and terrifying masterpiece, fueled by a tension that creeps up on you slowly without any clear indication of why. This is just a townful of people, after all, choosing their numbers for the annual lottery. What's there to be scared of?
What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Stories of your life . . . and others.
Rating: The Lottery 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Story of Your Life 👍👍👍👍👍👎
Next Month’s Genre: Drama
Next Month’s Book:
The Beekeeper's Promise by Fiona Valpy