{"title":"Greg Egan","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreg Egan is a renowned Australian author celebrated for his thought-provoking and intricate science fiction works. His writing seamlessly blends cutting-edge scientific concepts with imaginative storytelling, making him a favourite among fans of hard science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEgan's collection includes acclaimed titles such as \u003cem\u003eAxiomatic\u003c\/em\u003e, a compelling anthology of short stories that explore the boundaries of human experience and technology. Readers are also captivated by \u003cem\u003eDiaspora\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel that ventures into the depths of artificial intelligence and post-human evolution, challenging the very essence of identity and existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePermutation City\u003c\/em\u003e, another gem from Egan, offers a mind-bending exploration of reality and consciousness, pushing the limits of philosophical inquiry through engrossing narrative devices. For those interested in a comprehensive dive into Egan's masterful storytelling, \u003cem\u003eThe Best of Greg Egan\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential collection that showcases his exceptional ability to weave together speculative science and captivating narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're new to his work or a devoted fan, Greg Egan's books in our Sci-Fi \u0026amp; Fantasy category promise an intellectually stimulating and imaginative reading experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"axiomatic-by-greg-egan-9781597805407","title":"Axiomatic","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAxiomatic\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful collection of eighteen short stories by Hugo Award-winning Australian author Greg Egan. From junkies who drink at the time-stream to love affairs in time-reversed galaxies; from gene-altered dolphins that converse only in limericks to the program that allows you to design your own child; from the brain implants called axiomatics to the strange attractors that spin off new religions; from bioengineering to the new physics; and from cyberpunk to the electronic frontier, Greg Egan's future is frighteningly close to our own present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded in this collection are such wonderful stories as: \u003ci\u003eAxiomatic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInto Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Safe-Deposit Box\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlood Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e and many more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417458036972,"sku":"9781597805407","price":61.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24416833482756.jpg?v=1746440906"},{"product_id":"diaspora-by-greg-egan-9781597805421","title":"Diaspora","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA quantum \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e from the boldest and most wildly speculative writer of his generation. Since the Introdus in the twenty-first century, humanity has reconfigured itself drastically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost chose immortality, joining the polises to become conscious software. Others opted for gleisners: disposable, renewable robotic bodies that remain in contact with the physical world of force and friction. Many of these have left the solar system forever in fusion-drive starships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd there are the holdouts: the fleshers left behind in the muck and jungle of Earth—some devolved into dream apes, others cavorting in the seas or the air—while the statics and bridgers try to shape out a roughly human destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut the complacency of the citizens is shattered when an unforeseen disaster ravages the fleshers and reveals the possibility that the polises themselves might be at risk from bizarre astrophysical processes that seem to violate fundamental laws of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe orphan Yatima, a digital being grown from a mind seed, joins a group of citizens and flesher refugees in a search for the knowledge that will guarantee their safety—a search that puts them on the trail of the ancient and elusive Transmuters, who have the power to reshape subatomic particles, and to cross into the macrocosmos, where the universe we know is nothing but a speck in the higher-dimensional vacuum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46418388943084,"sku":"9781597805421","price":61.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24416973482756.jpg?v=1746482324"},{"product_id":"permutation-city-by-greg-egan-9781597805391","title":"Permutation City","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when your digital self overpowers your physical self? A life in \u003cem\u003ePermutation City\u003c\/em\u003e is unlike any life to which you're accustomed. You have Eternal Life, the power to live forever. Immortality is a real thing, just not the thing you'd expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLife is just electronic code. You have been digitised, scanned, and downloaded into a virtual reality programme—a Copy of a Copy. For Paul Durham, he keeps making Copies of himself, but the issue is that his Copies keep changing their minds and shutting themselves down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou also have Maria Deluca, who is nothing but an Autoverse addict. She spends every waking minute with the cellular automaton known as the Autoverse, a world that lives by the mathematical \"laws of physics.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul makes Maria an offer to design and drop a seed into the Autoverse that will allow her to indulge in her obsession. There is, however, one catch: you can no longer terminate, bail out, and remove yourself. You will never be your normal flesh-and-blood life again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe question then becomes: Is this what she really wants? 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best of Greg Egan\u003c\/em\u003e contains twenty stories and novellas arranged in chronological order, and each of them is a brilliantly conceived, painstakingly developed gem, including the Hugo Award-winning novella \"Oceanic,\" a powerful account of a boy whose deeply held religious beliefs are undermined by what he comes to learn about the laws of the physical world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book really does represent the best of Greg Egan, and it therefore takes its place among the best of contemporary SF. Startling, intelligent and always hugely entertaining, it provides an ideal introduction to one of the most accomplished and original writers working today. This is an important and provocative collection, and it deserves a place on the serious science fiction reader's permanent shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46705757716716,"sku":"9781473232297","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14460493482712.jpg?v=1754022112"},{"product_id":"permutation-city-by-greg-egan-9780575082076","title":"Permutation City","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePermutation City\u003c\/em\u003e is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes something way beyond his control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEncompassing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePermutation City\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with the sense of wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46816964018412,"sku":"9780575082076","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20411083482392.jpg?v=1757869174"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/greg-egan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}