The Nine Bajillion and One Names of God

Toasted Cake 236: The Nine Bajillion and One Names of God by Aimee Ogden

Episode #236! In which we pick up a chisel.

So, on paper the project was called the Supersimulation, but privately, we called it "The Nine Bajillion Names of God". 

This story first appeared right here in Daily SF.

Aimee Ogden is a former science teacher and software tester; now she writes stories about sad astronauts, angry princesses and dead gods. Her stories also appear in Fireside, Analog, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and her novella "Sun-daughters, Sea-daughters" is forthcoming from Tor.com. With Bennett North, she co-edits Translunar Travelers Lounge, a magazine of fun and optimistic speculative fiction.

Original airdate: June 8, 2020