Arrival. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2002 book, Stories of Your Life
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Stories of Your Life
Ted Chiang, 2002
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Denis Villeneuve, 2016

Linguist Louise Banks’s daughter Hannah dies at the age of twelve from an incurable illness. Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touchdown in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors.


All God's Children Can Dance. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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All God's Children Can Dance
Haruki Murakami, 2000
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Robert Logevall, 2008

In Korea Town Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he’s the son of God – that’s what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his days working his dead-end job and figuring out his complex feelings for his girlfriend until, one day, he sees a one-eared man who could be his father.