I did not look for any confirmation, but rumor has it, that Ted Chiang might have some Freemasonry connections. Whether true or not, I do not know.
Synopsis: Set in the biblical building of the Tower of Babylon, we follow a miner called Hillalum ascending the tower to work at the top. What does a miner there? In the course over several weeks of his climb, we slowly find out that the tower is really huge, not set in...
Tower of Babylon: Alternate Universe story by Ted Chiang
Tower of Babylon: Alternate Universe story by Ted Chiang