I can see the benefits… but I wouldn’t want to see less beauty in the world. I have to admit, I’d be with the students against making it mandatory. The supporters of calli argue that it combats lookism, supports social justice, and counters the un-achievable beauty norms set by the media and cosmetics industry. In this near future, calli is becoming a cultural force, with groups campaigning to make it mandatory for their colleges and others fighting against it. “Liking What You See: A Documentary” is story told via the transcript of a documentary on calli, a reversible procedure that switches off people’s ability to perceive whether or not a person is beautiful. I won’t say much more, but it’s worth reading the story or watching the movie adaption.One story in the collection I’d actually read before – in a companion book to Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series of all places. “Stories of Your Life” takes it to the next level, where an alien language starts to give the narrator an alien view of time. I learned a little bit about the idea in high school and found it fascinating. The story hinges around the idea of “linguistic relativity,” language shaping the speaker’s thoughts and worldview. In “Stories of Your Life,” a linguist is contacted by the government to translate the aliens who have mysteriously arrived on Earth, purpose unknown. While there’s obviously differences between the short story and the feature film length adaption, it turned out that the film stayed pretty close to the original. Really, the quality of this collection is remarkable.The most famous story in the collection is probably the titular “Stories of Your Life,” which was recently turned into the first contact movie Arrival. Between them, the stories have a huge array of award nominations, and I can completely see why. Stories of Your Life and Others is a truly amazing collection of science fiction short stories.
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