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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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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. Read the first page
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