Mama, Don't Let Your Digital Babies Grow Up to Be Sex Robots: Ted Chiang's "The Lifecycle of Software Objects‪"‬ The Moon Under Water: A Pubcast with Kelly Daniels and Steve Jones

Just so happens that Steve is a data transport expert and Kelly is a licensed literary critic, so what better team to take on this deliciously messed up story of the very near future? Sit down, buckle up, and brace yourself for the greatest work of literary analysis in all Podcastistan.



Here's a review from 2010, when the work was originally published. https://www.wired.com/2010/12/book-review-the-lifecycle-of-software-objects/

"Lifecycle" appears in Exhalation, a story collection. https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/exhalation-stories_ted-chiang/19490073/item/44477200/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pmax_high_vol_scarce_%2410_%2450&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA-bmsBhAGEiwAoaQNmu0Nhv88-89d4d8Nkh1TvNOVgjuT8fv1CPGHwiTvgRMYfHnO6zPaXBoCAKwQAvD_BwE#idiq=44477200&edition=24605302