The Lifecycle of Software Objects

2010 novella, available online.
==Length==
177089 characters long, or 92 standard pages.
==First read (May 28th-29th 2013)==
===Format===
Online, on my phone.
===Journal===
Started it in bed on May 28th, after finishing Speaker for the Dead. I'd had it bookmarked since it came up on Rationally Speaking in October 2012, and when someone mentioned it in a comment I saw online and I'd just finished a book, I decided to give it a crack on my phone. I find it quite easy to read things like this on my phone, it can be done most anywhere, and if you don't get in to it enough to finish it it doesn't seem like a big deal.
I read half of it that night, and finished it the following day, May 29th.
It was good, fairly interesting, but needed more punch for my taste. I suppose if the idea of AI was still pretty new to you you'd find it more interesting.
===Rating===
1
===Reading Record===
Previous read: Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead
Next read: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
==Ratings, awards, mentions and recommendations==
Recommended by Julia Galef on the Rationally Speaking podcast on October 7th 2012 (I listened to it the next day).
Mentioned by one person online in the following interesting way: "Somewhat relatedly, I interpret The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang as, not quite an argument against having children, but a warning that having children is a weird act fraught with ethical problems."http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/05/27/transhumanist-fables/#comment-12770.
Winner of the 2011 Hugo award for Best Novella.
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