Avi sez, "Starship Sofa has made Ted Chiang's marvelous arabesque time travel story 'The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate' available as a podcast."
Oh yes, thank you very much. I brake for Ted Chiang stories — hell, I'd stop, drop and roll for a chance to read one.
(Thanks, Avi!)
See also: Short-story collection of the decade if not the century
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