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Tag Archives: Greg Egan
Greg Egan – Axiomatic (1995) review
8.5/10 Axiomatic gathers together 18 of Greg Egan’s first short stories, from the beginning of his writing career and most of them written in the early 1990s. Six of these 18 also appeared in the recent The Best of Greg … Continue reading
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Review: The Best of Greg Egan (2019)
8.5/10 Since the beginning of the 1990s, Greg Egan has been quietly producing the most mind-blowing science fiction you could imagine. Not being the kind of guy who puts himself in the spotlight (he’s known for keeping himself away), and … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Greg Egan, science fiction, SF, SF Masterworks, The Best of Greg Egan
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Greg Egan – Permutation City (1994)
Genre: Science fiction Pages: 310 My rating: 7/10 When I wrote a review of Yuval Noah Harari’s nonfiction book Homo Deus, I said that science fiction often does not show how future tech might sneak into our lives gradually. Instead, … Continue reading
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2015: books read overview
Frustratingly, I haven’t read any books published in 2015. I have in my possession two books of 2015 (The Vorrh by B. Catling and The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers) but I won’t get to … Continue reading