by Greg Egan
Some interesting ideas on the transition to transhumanism, but not enough to keep me reading to the end.
(Read originally in 1994)."I was six years old when my parents told me that there was a small, dark jewel inside my skull, learning to be me"...Learning to be meWith this starts off one of the most astonishing short stories I've ever read. If you haven't read it, I urge you to do so. Egan questions ...
Permutation City by Greg EganI don't read a lot of hard sf because my understanding of science is rudimentary at best, but I do tend to enjoy it when I read one that do not go too far over my head. I feel I only need to understand the basic plot and the characters' motivation, the whys if not the ho...