This time out, the Pounders discuss the new film Arrival and “Story of Your Life,” the Nebula-winning Ted Chiang novella on which it’s based.
Go see this movie! It’s awesome!
Pounder Rankings!:
Colin:
- Story
- Movie
James:
- Story
- Movie
Seth:
- Movie
- Story
(But it’s pretty close on all counts)
Notes:
Zencastr!
https://zencastr.com
Ted Chiang interviews:
http://www.indiebound.org/author-interviews/chiangted
https://electricliterature.com/the-legendary-ted-chiang-on-seeing-his-stories-adapted-for-the-screen-and-the-ever-expanding-916a9530e598#.x3a6212z0
Creating the Heptapod language:
https://www.wired.com/2016/11/arrivals-designers-crafted-mesmerizing-alien-alphabet/
https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/14/dissecting-the-alien-language-in-arrival/
Stephen Wolfram on the science of Arrival:
http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2016/11/quick-how-might-the-alien-spacecraft-work/