Short Reviews: Ted Chiang

"Hell is the Absence of God" [permanent link]. A fascinating and thoughtful story set in a world where angels and God exists and can affect the mortal world. Angels can appear and work miracles; but not without devestating effects. The story traces the path of one man (and others who cross his path) who hates God, because the appearance of an angel killed his wife. Yet he must learn to love Him because it is the only way he can be reunited with his wife who went to Heaven. And, in this world, Hell is, indeed, a place that feels the absence of God.
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