Permutation City

Permutation City

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 309
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 06 Jul 1998

ISBN 10: 0752816497
ISBN 13: 9780752816494
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

Author Bio
Greg Egan lives in Perth, Western Australia. He has won the John W. Campbell award for Best Novel and has been short listed for the Hugo three times.