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Loading... Diaspora (1997)by Greg Egan
None. This book was a little more difficult to read than your average Sci Fi book but it was well worth it. It is filled with interesting theories about physics and also computer software lingo. I enjoyed reading it. It makes you think. It also is the first fiction book I have seen with a section of listed references as to where he got the physics etc. from. ( )http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1507090.html A book about a posthuman society - most people exist as virtual entities in the datanet of vast supercomputers - dealing with astrophysical disaster striking the earth and then trying to explore parallel universes. Lots of mathematical theory, but rather short on interesting characters or plot resolution; perhaps a bit like Stapledon without his trademark breathlessness. Glad to have finally ticked this off my list. A castastrophic astronomical event means living on Earth is a no go. As in a black hole zapped my planet. Thus created is the Diaspora, and humanity separates into people that live in different modes. In virtualities, as robots, or points on between. The main thrust here is these extreme posthumans trying to work out what is still important. For example, do we make children - how do we make them, what do we make them? Things like that. http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/04/diaspora-greg-egan.html ZB13 As for most of Egan' books I have read this is a tour de force elaboration on post singularity quantum computing and AI. no reviews | add a review
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