Omphalos (story)

"Omphalos"
Short story by Ted Chiang
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inExhalation: Stories
Publication typeAnthology
Media typeHardcover, paperback
Publication dateMay 2019

"Omphalos" is a science fantasy short story by American author Ted Chiang. It is named after the Omphalos hypothesis and a 1857 book by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse. It was first published in Chiang's 2019 collection, Exhalation: Stories.