4 ms·
I highly recommend to read his novel that's also mentioned in the article: "Permutation City" [1]. Apart from a great story, it provides a lot of food for thoug
by rollulus 8y ago
I highly recommend to read his novel that's also mentioned in the article: "Permutation City" [1]. Apart from a great story, it provides a lot of food for thought.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutation_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutation_City
- IngoBlechschmid 8y agoAgreed. It's a must-read for anyone interested in a thrilling story mixing ethics of simulated realities, uploading of consciousness, self-modification and finite automata. Simulated beings are a repeated topic in Egan's stories. Some of them are freely available online, for instance https://www.gregegan.net/PLANCK/Complete/Planck.html https://www.gregegan.net/PLANCK/Complete/Planck.html (where simulated beings create clones of themselves which are to fall into a black hole, hoping to gain insights on fundamental physics) and https://www.gregegan.net/INCANDESCENCE/00/Crocodile.html https://www.gregegan.net/INCANDESCENCE/00/Crocodile.html (where a couple, after having lived for more than ten thousand years, decides to embark on a final adventure, leaving all loved ones behind because of differences in time perception).
- MrMember 8y agoI read Diaspora last year and Permutation City this year. They both blew me away. Some of the most original, thought provoking science fiction I've ever read.
- tribeofone 8y agoThird that. This book is incredible and gripping. There is no soft intro, you are thrown into the story from the first paragraph.