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7 9 y separately published work icon Diaspora Greg Egan , London : Millennium , 1997 Z55515 1997 single work novel science fiction 'Set in the thirtieth century, Egan's novel has sentient software on centre stage, with humans as bit players. Egan has always placed ideas above characterisation, and readers of this novel almost need a degree in physics and information technology to follow it. Nonetheless, perseverance will be rewarded, as Egan explores spatial dimensions while trying to define what is humanity, especially when humanity is not involved' (Colin Steele, SF Commentary No 77, p.54).

4 5 y separately published work icon Zendegi Greg Egan , London : Gollancz , 2010 Z1730411 2010 single work novel science fiction 'Nasim is a young computer scientist, hoping to work on the Human Connectome Project: a plan to map every neural connection in the human brain. But funding for the project is cancelled and Nasim ends up devoting her career to Zendegi, a computerised virtual world used by millions of people. Fifteen years later, a revived Connectome Project has published a map of the brain. Zendegi is facing fierce competition from its rivals and Nasim decides to exploit the map to fill the virtual world with better Proxies: the bit-players that bring its crowd scenes to life. As controversy rages over the nature and rights of the Proxies, a friend with terminal cancer begs Nasim to make a Proxy of him, so some part of him will survive to help raise his orphaned son. But Zendegi is about to become a battlefield...' (Publisher's blurb)
2 2 y separately published work icon Oceanic Greg Egan , London : Gollancz , 2009 Z1614734 2009 selected work novella short story science fiction

Collected together for the first time are twelve stories by the incomparable Greg Egan, one of those most exciting writers of science fiction working today.

In these glimpses into the future Egan continues to explore the essence of what it is to be human, and the nature of what - and who - we are, in stories that range from parables of contemporary human conflict and ambition to far-future tales of our immortal descendants.

Return to the universe of the meta-civilisation known as the Amalgam, which Egan explored in his critically acclaimed novel Incandescence: 'Riding the Crocodile', which recounts an epic endeavour a million years from now to bridge the divide between the Amalgam and the reclusive Aloof; 'Glory', set in the same future, in which two archaeologists strive to decipher the artefacts of an ancient civilisation, and 'Hot Rock', where an obscure, sunless world conceals mind-spinning technological marvels, bitter fractional struggles, and a many-layered secret history.

This superb collection also includes the title story, the Hugo Award-winning 'Oceanic': a boy is inducted into a religion that becomes centre of his life, but as an adult he must face evidence that casts a new light on his faith.

Oceanic: travel into the worlds of the future in the hands of a master craftsman. (Publisher's blurb)

4 5 y separately published work icon Luminous Greg Egan , London : Millennium Books , 1998 Z548356 1998 selected work short story science fiction
5 6 y separately published work icon Axiomatic Greg Egan , London : Millennium , 1995 Z181163 1995 selected work short story science fiction 'In Axiomatic Egan extrapolates quantum physics to envisage alternative worlds and multiple realities futures. His stories explore the nature of the individual, e.g. how do we adapt to a multiple consciousness environments' (Colin Steele, SF Commentary No 77, p.53).
1 y separately published work icon Bifrost Olivier Girard (editor), France : Le Bélial , 1996-2005 9815529 1996 periodical (1 issues)

French speculative-fiction periodical. Occasionally publishes Australian authors in translation.

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