Can you help me find a scifi short story?

April 18, 2013 6:13 PM

I remember reading a scifi short story about people finding a dead/frozen angel floating in space, where there was just enough brain activity in the being that it was able to play a board game. It sounded like something that Ted Chiang might have written, but I didn't see it in the post about him that was here a while ago. Does this ring a bell for anyone?
posted by ymgve to Writing & Language (3 answers total)

Best answer: It was playing Go. I remember this. I honestly think it was posted on Kuro5hin. And... Bam.
posted by PercussivePaul at 6:26 PM on April 18, 2013 [6 favorites]

Dammit, PercussivePaul, you've made me go and miss the good old days of k5 again.
posted by jferg at 8:31 PM on April 18, 2013 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks! And yes, K5 was the shit. Now, sadly, it's mostly shit.
posted by ymgve at 4:03 AM on April 19, 2013