Hugo Best Novelette Winner (2002)
Nebula Best Novelette Winner (2003)
Locus Poll & Awards Best Novelette Winner (2002)
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Shortlist (2002)
Seiun Awards Best Translated Short Story...
The story is epistolary in nature, taking the form of a scientist's journal entry. The scientist is a member of a race of air-driven mechanical beings. When it is realised that a number of clocks simultaneously appear to be running fast but they do...