Exhalation

An enjoyable collection, though I didn't like the longest one (read earlier as a novella). Each takes an idea and connects the science to our life and society.

My favorites were What’s Expected of Us; The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling; and Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom, which had a very satisfying ending. The least favorite, as mentioned above, was The Lifecycle of Software Objects, which failed to work for me a second time.

Several of these stories won awards, and the book itself is on many lists of best books. I may have missed a metaphor or analogy here or there. Story notes are collected at the back of the book. Recommended.