Crystal Nights and Other Stories - Hardcover

Egan, Greg

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ISBN 10: 1596062401 ISBN 13: 9781596062405

Verlag: Subterranean Pr, 2009

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A collection of nine stories explores human conflict, the impact of technology, and future tales of humanity's immortality.

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The nine stories in Greg Egan's new collection range from parables of contemporary human conflict and ambition to far-future tales of our immortal descendants.In “Lost Continent”, a time traveler seeking refuge from a war-torn land faces hostility and bureaucratic incompetence. “Crystal Nights” portrays a driven man's moral compromises as he chases an elusive technological breakthrough, while in “Steve Fever” the technology itself falls victim to its own hype.“TAP” brings us a new kind of poetry, where a word is more powerful than a thousand images. “Singleton” shows us a new kind of child, born of human DNA modeled in a quantum computer—who, in “Oracle”, journeys to a parallel world to repay a debt to an intellectual ancestor.“Induction” chronicles the methods and motives behind humanity's first steps to the stars. “Border Guards” reflects on the painful history of a tranquil utopia. And in the final story, “Hot Rock”, two immortal citizens of the galaxy-spanning Amalgam find that an obscure, sunless world conceals mind-spinning technological marvels, bitter factional struggles, and a many-layered secret history.Greg Egan is the author of seven novels and over fifty short stories. He is a winner of the Hugo Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.

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• Verlag: Subterranean Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1596062401
• ISBN 13: 9781596062405
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310