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by Greg Egan (Author) "One thing never changes: when some mutant junkie on S starts shuffling reality, it's always me they send into the whirlpool to put things right..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (7 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575081740
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575081741
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 130,468 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Australian writer Greg Egan presents 18 of his short stories from the early 1990s in this collection. The blurb on the cover says "Science fiction for people who like science fiction," and experienced and new sci-fi fans alike will agree. The ideas and world-building are light years ahead of the pack.

Highlights include: "The Hundred Light-Year Diary", in which society deals with the mixed blessing of diaries sent back in time to earlier selves; "Eugene", in which a working-class couple decide if, and then to what degree, they should genetically enhance their baby; "The Caress", a science fiction detective story that will leave you feeling disturbed; "The Safe-Deposit Box", in which the narrator seeks to know why he has spent his life waking up every day in a new body; "A Kidnapping", which throws a new light on avatar crime; "Learning To Be Me", a story that recalls some of the Mind's I essays; "Appropriate Love", in which insurance companies pressure a couple in need of medical care; "The Moral Virologist", a tale of a deranged geneticist attempting to redeem the world through a computer virus; and "Closer", about a happy couple who enjoy using the latest technological gadgetry to learn more about each other ... although sometimes they learn too much. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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THE HUNDRED LIGHT YEAR DIARY - Scientists can bounce messages from the future backto the present, but there's no guarantee they'll tell the truth . . . LEARNING TO BE ME-Crystalline minds may take the place of human brains, but where does the self really lie? CLOSER - Lovers exchange bodies and minds,but their experiments go just that little bit too far, proving that you can have too much of a good thing

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5.0 out of 5 stars Science Fiction that's pretty close to fact!, 2 Jan 2000
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Every one of these excellent stories is explained so well that it's very easy to see them becoming reality. Although these stories are not as complicated as some of Egan's later novels, each one is built up around a core of reality, each one a self-contained journey into the best science fiction I've read for a long time. If you haven't yet discovered Egan, now is the time...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Brain twisting, thought bending, bewilderingly futuristic..., 19 May 2000
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This book is a mind expanding journey into the science fiction universe. These are short stories that you will read again and again, bringing something new to them, noticing something different every time you read them. They are a gateway to new ideas and ways of thinking and left me a wee bit more curious about the world I live in. Greg Egan is a master of science fiction with an amazing working knowledge of science in general that comes through in every paragraph. An enjoyable and challanging book for anyone that has sat, thinking of the future and wondered 'what if....'
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4.0 out of 5 stars Easily read and yet highly thought provoking., 29 Oct 1999
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Axiomatic a collection of short stories, each one a masterpiece. When I finished it all I could think was - I must read more Greg Egan. Not only does he have a powerful imagination, but he also knows how to put his ideas into writing.

Stop wasting your time buy it now !

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