Arrival is based on the Nebula-winning science fiction novella "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, written in 1998. As with the film, "Story of Your Life" involves Earth's first communication with heptapods who speak in a cryptic language.

Is Arrival based on Story of Your Life?

Previously published as Stories of Your Life and Others. Includes "Story Of Your Life," the basis for the major motion picture Arrival, starring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Ted Chiang has long been known as one of the most powerful science fiction writers working today.

How does Arrival differ from Story of Your Life?

The military-industrial complex at the foreground of Arrival is in the background of “Story of Your Life.” While Arrival presents a clear purpose for the encounter between humans and heptapods, there's considerably more ambiguity in “Story of Your Life.” The protagonist, Louise Banks, exhibits an increasing sense of ...