I am delighted with this reading. Although I would have liked not to read that final part, and that we, as readers, would have deciphered the message behind the story. Indeed, everything you say, is there, reflected in every line: ironically, the book starts to die immediately you open it. And I wonder, beyond science fiction, is it not so with all things: we die from the very moment we are born, the image we have of a person does not begin to die at the very moment we meet him. If you want to write a book of texts, you are on the right track. This is an excellent story. Regards 👋
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The great thing about stories is that once they've been read, they can't be "unread", so I cannot say sorry for any distress it may have caused, but also that the whole point of this story is too supply the reader with some sort of emotional movement!
I am very heavily inspired by the work of Ted Chiang, having read both his anthologies after discovering his writing credits on the film Arrival, which was based upon one of his short stories.
I don't think I'm anywhere near at his level of insight or ability to be poetic, concise and so meditative, but I am going to make attempts :D