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Greg Egan (born August 20, 1961) is an Australian ( Perth-based) computer programmer and science fiction author. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Western Australia.Egan specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and metaphysical themes, including the nature of consciousness. Other themes include genetics, simulated reality, mind transfer, asexuality and artificial intelligence. Some of his earlier short stories feature strong elements of supernatural horror.
1 Works
1.1 Novels
- An Unusual Angle ( 1983See also 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature. Events Ironweed by William Kennedy is published. New Books The Anubis Gates Tim Powers Changes Danielle Steel Christine Stephen King Cold Heaven Anita Bria)
- QuarantineQuarantine is also a novel by Jim Crace, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Quarantine is a science fiction novel by Greg Egan. Within a detective fiction framework, the novel explores the consequences of one particular interpretation of quantum ( 1992See also 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature. Events The Bridges of Madison County originally self-published by author Robert James Waller, will go on to become the largest selling novel in history wit)
- Permutation CityPermutation City is a science fiction novel (BooksEnthsiast.com) by Greg Egan that explores various philosophical aspects of artificial life and simulations of intelligence. It won the John W. Campbell Award for the best science-fiction novel of the year ( 1994See also 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature. Events First Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction awarded. New Books Accident Danielle Steel The Celestine Prophecy James Redfield The Chamber John Grisham Cr)
- DistressDistress is a 1995 science fiction novel by Greg Egan. It describes the political intrigue surrounding mid-twenty-first century physics conference, at which is to be presented a unified Theory of Everything. In the background of the story is an epidemic m ( 1995See also 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. Events Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft Rice & Zelikow Simon & Schuster paid US$4. 2 million for the hardcover publishing righ)
- DiasporaDiaspora is a 1997 science fiction novel by Australian writer Greg Egan. In Diaspora most human beings have uploaded into virtual reality-based communities, called polis''es ( Greek for city , where they live as infomorphs. An unprecedented range of possi ( 1997)
- Teranesia ( 1999)
- Schild's Ladder ( 2002)
1.2 Collections
