Ken Liu actually wrote a response to one of Ted Chiang's stories. http://kenliu.name/stories/single-bit-error/ http://kenliu.name/stories/single-bit-error/ is

Ken Liu actually wrote a response to one of Ted Chiang's stories. http://kenliu.name/stories/single-bit-error/ http://kenliu.name/stories/single-bit-error/ is a response/exploration of the same world and ideas as Chiang's "Hell is the Absence of God", in Stories of Your Life and Others. I recommend reading the Chiang story first.