The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang

I'm trying to figure out what to nominate for the 2011 Hugo Awards, and I found this on some random person's list of neat things.

This story was fairly long--enough so that I read it over the course of two days instead of a couple hours in one night. That detracted some. But I did not particularly like that the story did not have any clear climax and that the ending sort of petered out instead of ending more normally.

I do not think this one is worth a Hugo. The last time Chiang won a Hugo, it was definitely worth it. Not this time.

http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/fall-2010/fiction-the-lifecycle-of-software-objects-by-ted-chiang/