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I'm looking for a story that I read a few years ago. I cannot remember if it was a short story in an anthology of other stories or stand-alone book, but here are some details I do remember.




  • Definitely a book. This was not a TV show or movie.

  • The story revolved around a robot/automaton who, in a series of journal entries, explains that he discovered that his race was dying off.

  • The protagonist found through self experimentation that his brain was controlled by wind, and for some reason, there was less wind available.

  • The protagonist experimented on himself to determine that his brain was essentially a system of gears which are turned by the wind.

  • One plot point involved some sort of ritual which was supposed to take place at a certain time, but he noticed that it was slightly off

  • I believe the story ends with the robot dying, but am not sure about this.










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    Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs

    – Nikita Neganov
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  • Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.

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I'm looking for a story that I read a few years ago. I cannot remember if it was a short story in an anthology of other stories or stand-alone book, but here are some details I do remember.




  • Definitely a book. This was not a TV show or movie.

  • The story revolved around a robot/automaton who, in a series of journal entries, explains that he discovered that his race was dying off.

  • The protagonist found through self experimentation that his brain was controlled by wind, and for some reason, there was less wind available.

  • The protagonist experimented on himself to determine that his brain was essentially a system of gears which are turned by the wind.

  • One plot point involved some sort of ritual which was supposed to take place at a certain time, but he noticed that it was slightly off

  • I believe the story ends with the robot dying, but am not sure about this.










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    Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs

    – Nikita Neganov
    1 hour ago











  • Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.

    – zz20s
    1 hour ago














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I'm looking for a story that I read a few years ago. I cannot remember if it was a short story in an anthology of other stories or stand-alone book, but here are some details I do remember.




  • Definitely a book. This was not a TV show or movie.

  • The story revolved around a robot/automaton who, in a series of journal entries, explains that he discovered that his race was dying off.

  • The protagonist found through self experimentation that his brain was controlled by wind, and for some reason, there was less wind available.

  • The protagonist experimented on himself to determine that his brain was essentially a system of gears which are turned by the wind.

  • One plot point involved some sort of ritual which was supposed to take place at a certain time, but he noticed that it was slightly off

  • I believe the story ends with the robot dying, but am not sure about this.










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I'm looking for a story that I read a few years ago. I cannot remember if it was a short story in an anthology of other stories or stand-alone book, but here are some details I do remember.




  • Definitely a book. This was not a TV show or movie.

  • The story revolved around a robot/automaton who, in a series of journal entries, explains that he discovered that his race was dying off.

  • The protagonist found through self experimentation that his brain was controlled by wind, and for some reason, there was less wind available.

  • The protagonist experimented on himself to determine that his brain was essentially a system of gears which are turned by the wind.

  • One plot point involved some sort of ritual which was supposed to take place at a certain time, but he noticed that it was slightly off

  • I believe the story ends with the robot dying, but am not sure about this.







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  • 4





    Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs

    – Nikita Neganov
    1 hour ago











  • Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.

    – zz20s
    1 hour ago














  • 4





    Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs

    – Nikita Neganov
    1 hour ago











  • Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.

    – zz20s
    1 hour ago








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Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs

– Nikita Neganov
1 hour ago





Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs

– Nikita Neganov
1 hour ago













Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.

– zz20s
1 hour ago





Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.

– zz20s
1 hour ago










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This is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. It is available online at Lightspeed Magazine.



The situation is:




The machines exist in an artificial world. There is a reservoir of argon gas underneath
the "ground," which is being depleted as they draw upon it and release it aboveground.
They are slowing down.




P.S. After posting this I noticed it is a duplicate of this answered question:
Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
But I don't know how to denote that here.






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  • That's it! Such a good story. Thanks for finding it. I'll accept as soon as I can.

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This is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. It is available online at Lightspeed Magazine.



The situation is:




The machines exist in an artificial world. There is a reservoir of argon gas underneath
the "ground," which is being depleted as they draw upon it and release it aboveground.
They are slowing down.




P.S. After posting this I noticed it is a duplicate of this answered question:
Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
But I don't know how to denote that here.






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  • That's it! Such a good story. Thanks for finding it. I'll accept as soon as I can.

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This is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. It is available online at Lightspeed Magazine.



The situation is:




The machines exist in an artificial world. There is a reservoir of argon gas underneath
the "ground," which is being depleted as they draw upon it and release it aboveground.
They are slowing down.




P.S. After posting this I noticed it is a duplicate of this answered question:
Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
But I don't know how to denote that here.






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  • That's it! Such a good story. Thanks for finding it. I'll accept as soon as I can.

    – zz20s
    1 hour ago
















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This is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. It is available online at Lightspeed Magazine.



The situation is:




The machines exist in an artificial world. There is a reservoir of argon gas underneath
the "ground," which is being depleted as they draw upon it and release it aboveground.
They are slowing down.




P.S. After posting this I noticed it is a duplicate of this answered question:
Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
But I don't know how to denote that here.






share|improve this answer















This is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. It is available online at Lightspeed Magazine.



The situation is:




The machines exist in an artificial world. There is a reservoir of argon gas underneath
the "ground," which is being depleted as they draw upon it and release it aboveground.
They are slowing down.




P.S. After posting this I noticed it is a duplicate of this answered question:
Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
But I don't know how to denote that here.







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