by Greg Egan (Author)
The story of a man with a vision - immortality : for those who can afford it is found in cyberspace. Permutation city is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes something way 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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: 1
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 07 Feb 2008
ISBN 10: 0575082070
ISBN 13: 9780575082076
Book Overview: * Will appeal to anyone interested in the electronic frontier - readers of Guardian's weekly Online tabloid, the observer's Science/Cyberspace section and there are 200,000 subscribers to computer bulletin board internet in the UK alone. * The finest such author since William Gibson - hailed as one of the genre's great ideas men by the Times. * Excellent reviews. ' Succeeds wonderfully in expanding the mind...rewards the reader with ever expanding vistas of wonder... The universe may be stranger than we can imagine, but it's going to have a tough time outdoing Egan NEW SCIENTIST
Prizes: Winner of John W Campbell Award 1995. Shortlisted for Philip K. Dick Award 1996 and British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1995.
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