Addendum

[yagathai]

I should say, though, that Chiang's latest Hugo winner, Exhalation, suffers from none of the flaws I described in my last post. Partially this is because his story doesn't involve human interaction at all, but I also like to think that he's learned a thing or two in the last decade.

Comments

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

I did really like that one. I kept thinking about it after I listened to it (Escape Pod put up all the nominees) and trying to figure out what I liked about it, because it doesn't seem like something I would normally go for. I'm still really not sure, but something about the precision, which so totally matched the subject matter, just felt really right.