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Permutation City
ISBN/GTIN

Permutation City

The incredible, mind-bending look at cyberspace, afterlife and immortality from one of the greats of science fiction
BookPaperback
Ranking1199776inBelletristik
CHF19.90

Description

Immortality can be yours . . . at a price

Permutation city is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes grows beyond his control. Encompassing the lives and struggles of an artificial life junkie desperate to save her dying mother, a billionaire banker scarred by a terrible crime, the lovers for whom, in their timeless virtual world, love is not enough - and much more - Permutation city is filled with the sense of wonder and dread.

Can what makes you human be distilled into data? And what happens if you can't afford to pay?

Readers are having their minds blown by PERMUTATION CITY:

"Egan tells the story masterfully. I can only marvel at how he finds his inspiration for a high-tech tale in an ancient wisdom like Kabbalah, and then proceeds to out-Kabbalah even the Kabbalists with his creativity" - Goodreads reviewer,


"Egan questions what it really means to be human in a way that it's quite unsurpassed in my mind" - Goodreads reviewer,


"THIS is why I read SF. THIS is the sense of wonder I'm looking for in a SF story. Forget everything you read about virtual reality, artificial life & consciousness - nothing compares to the concepts and the worldbuilding in this book. This is ultimate postcyberpunk ever" - Goodreads reviewer,


"I can say without qualification that Greg Egan is the greatest science fiction author I've ever read" - Goodreads reviewer,
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-575-08207-6
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
FormatB-format paperback
PublisherOrionGollancz
Publishing date07/02/2008
Pages384 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 168 mm, Height 201 mm, Thickness 26 mm
Weight307 g
Article no.4923192
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.3345839
Product groupBelletristik
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Author

Greg Egan (1961-)
Greg Egan lives in Perth, Western Australia. He is a mathematician and has produced record-breaking research on supermutations. He has won the John W. Campbell award for Best Novel for Permutation City, and Oceanic was awarded a Hugo, a Locus and an Asimov's Readers' award. His work has also won the Japanese Seiun Award for best translated fiction seven times.