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I have never looked at the news the same way after watching Nightcrawler.

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[-] CountZero@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

My real answer is a book: Slaughterhouse 5. The movie Arrival pretty much does the same thing, though.

It really changed the way I think about my place in time and space, and the meaning of memories. Made me way less sad about death and entropy.

[-] eco@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The book that contains the story Arrival is based on, Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, is my favorite short story collection.

Vonnegut's Welcome to the Monkey House is also a good short story collection.

[-] CountZero@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If Ted Chiang could write more than one short story a year, I think he might be the greatest living fiction author. Basically everything he writes is a revelation.

Exhalation isn't quite as good as Stories of Your Life and Others, but it's still amazing.

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