On: “Exhalation” by Ted Chiang (2008)

[wyager]

That might be my favorite Ted Chiang story overall. Unfortunately Hollywood couldn't touch it with a ten foot pole, so I'm not expecting a movie out of it any time soon. His biblical fiction is quite good as well, and I could see them getting movie adaptations.

[nine_k → wyager]

Consider "72 letters": it's brilliant, long but no overly long, packed with ideas and plot twists, and it does stand a chance of becoming a Hollywood movie. (Not that the latter is necessarily a good thing, but still.)

[sooheon → wyager]

s/unfortunately/fortunately

I disagree with your implication that a Hollywood adaptation is the ultimate aspiration of all written works.

[wyager → sooheon]

I quite enjoyed Arrival. If all of Chiang's stories could get adaptations of similar quality I would be quite happy.

[bangonkeyboard → wyager]

I'm not sure that "Lifecycle" is less palatable to mainstream Hollywood than "Hell Is the Absence of God", but would be thrilled to be wrong.

[wyager → bangonkeyboard]

I think Absence could be done as a cool horror movie, kind of like Legion but not shitty and more existential.