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Author Egan, Greg, 1961- author.

Title The best of Greg Egan / Greg Egan.

Publication Info. Burton, MI : Subterranean Press, 2019.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  SF EGAN, G.    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 731 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents Learning to be me -- Axiomatic -- Appropriate love -- Into darkness -- Unstable orbits in the space of lies -- Closer -- Chaff -- Luminous -- Silver fire -- Reasons to be cheerful -- Oceanic -- Oracle -- Singleton -- Dark integers -- Crystal nights -- Zero for conduct -- Bit players -- Uncanny valley -- 3-adica -- Instantiation.
Summary Greg Egan is arguably Australia's greatest living science fiction writer. In a career spanning more than thirty years, he has produced a steady stream of novels and stories that address a wide range of scientific and philosophical concerns: artificial intelligence, higher mathematics, science vs religion, the nature of consciousness, and the impact of technology on the human personality. All these ideas and more find their way into this generous and illuminating collection, the clear product of a man who is both a master storyteller and a rigorous, exploratory thinker. The Best of Greg Egan contains twenty stories and novellas arranged in chronological order, and each of them is a brilliantly conceived, painstakingly developed gem.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Science fiction, Australian -- 20th century.
Science fiction, Australian -- 21st century.
Short stories, Australian -- 20th century.
Short stories, Australian -- 21st century.
Science fiction, Australian. (OCoLC)fst01108648
Short stories, Australian. (OCoLC)fst01117095
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
Science fiction.
Short stories.
Australian fiction -- 21st century.
Added Title Short stories. Selections
ISBN 9781596069428 (hardback : special numbered edition)
1596069422 (hardback : special numbered edition)
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