I read every short story written by Ted Chiang. His science fiction stories are, for me, the best I've read. As a biologist, I especially enjoyed "72 letters" (

I read every short story written by Ted Chiang. His science fiction stories are, for me, the best I've read. As a biologist, I especially enjoyed "72 letters" (http://web.archive.org/web/20020202192832/http://www.tor.com/72ltrs.html http://web.archive.org/web/20020202192832/http://www.tor.com...).