Exhalation

It's just about as quick to read this little story, as it would be to read my review of it. So, read it. It's here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/...

Merged review:

Most of these stories have been published previously; only two were published for the first time in this book. I try to read everything of Ted Chiang's that I can get my hands on, but I had only read three or four of these. As usual, they are original and imaginative. I particularly liked Exhalation and The Great Silence.