Greg Egan is a true genius, and I don't use that word lightly. He's a true polymath. In another era, I suspect he could have been one of the leading scientist/m

Greg Egan is a true genius, and I don't use that word lightly. He's a true polymath. In another era, I suspect he could have been one of the leading scientist/mathematician/philosopher of his time. One comparison I really like: Johannes Kepler -- he figured out planetary orbits _and_ wrote one of the fist (if not the first) SciFi novels. Oh and he saved his mother's life when she was accused of witchcraft -- a parallel to Egan's work regarding the indigenous Australian population. I sometimes wonder though whether people like Egan are properly appreciated in the modern age. So much noise and competition for attention...