My house is a portal fantasy

Out the back, the day's eternal greyness is breaking up into little clouds and late blue sky.

Out the front, it's raining: big heavy drops, enough that every car is working its wipers.

Um, this is quite a narrow house...

Ted Chiang on the BBC

BBC 7 is broadcasting a reading of Ted Chiang's "Understand", in four half-hour instalments from tonight and through the week.

For those of you not blessed with the BBC airwaves, it should be available on Listen Again.