The Egg

I still think about this story, even though it's been years since I first read it. Wonderful story.

Read it here.

I stumbled over this in my "newsfeed" and hadn't read any Weir before so I thought, why not have a first quick peak at the author like this.

Being this short, I expected a witty tale with a great "punch line" and found neither.
It read like some esoteric parable, like the one with the footsteps in the sand. I always feel condescended at by stories like that which tend to offer up commonplaces as if they were the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.

This definitely wasn't meant for me.

Imagine a linear scale where good stories are located on one far end, and poor stories are located on the other end! Now imagine another axis where well-written literature is located on one end, and vice versa! That's how I try to rate fictional literature.

I found myself immersed in this short story thanks to the author's amazing ability to tell a low-mid story in an impressing way. There are no major revelations or plot-twists in the story, and it's not based on the real world, but it's a feel-good story.

Given this story is a grand total of four pages (seriously guys, it is really short), there's not too much I can really say about it without the review being longer than what I am actually reviewing, and I don't really want to be that person.

It's a clever little parable that I liked quite a bit, and I also admit that I'd probably read almost anything Andy Weir writes because I love the way he strings words together.

The concept is amazing, hell you can turn this idea into a religion.

That was fun! RC Bray does a pretty good Morgan Freeman.

Thank you, Vippi,for the recommendation.

Since we are stuck in a traffic jam and the story is so short, I decided to read it. And it's strange and mindblowing at the same time.
I hope to be able to read more,maybe also a storyline, of this universe.