Description: Immortality can be yours. at a price Permutation city is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes grows beyond his control. Encompassing 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 - Permutation city is filled with the sense of wonder and dread. Can what makes you human be distilled into data? And what happens if you can't afford to pay? Readers are having their minds blown by PERMUTATION CITY: Egan tells the story masterfully. I can only marvel at how he finds his inspiration for a high-tech tale in an ancient wisdom like Kabbalah, and then proceeds to out-Kabbalah even the Kabbalists with his creativity - Goodreads reviewer, | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? Egan questions what it really means to be human in a way that it's quite unsurpassed in my mind - Goodreads reviewer, | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ??THIS is why I read SF. THIS is the sense of wonder I'm looking for in a SF story. Forget everything you read about virtual reality, artificial life & consciousness - nothing compares to the concepts and the worldbuilding in this book. This is ultimate postcyberpunk ever - Goodreads reviewer, | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ??I can say without qualification that Greg Egan is the greatest science fiction author I've ever read - Goodreads reviewer, | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ??. Waterstones Permutation City - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Review: I struggled to get into this book, which happens to me from time to time so I tend to keep on reading, rather than give up. I’m really glad I kept on with it because I love this book. Maybe I’m not smart enough to get everything they were trying to say, and while I really do like knowing the intentions or meanings an author wanted to convey, I believe what’s important is how it makes an impact on the reader. I honestly don’t know how to describe this book, it has so many layers and brought out so many emotions in me. It was a great story and a great adventure. Really glad my friend recommended this to me.
Author: Nick
Rating: 3
Review: I found this to be more a philosophical investigation of virtual reality than a story that exposes concepts. Anyone who has already read many stories of virtual reality will find a number of familiar ideas here - not that it's a copycat book, but you can only do so much with a given theme. What this book does is to explore the area in quite some detail. If you're interested in the theme in its own right, you're likely to enjoy this, but, as a philosophical investigation there are large gobs of narrator exposition, rather than telling a story. If you want a good story, this isn't the book for you.
Description: Permutation City The incredible, mind-bending look at cyberspace, afterlife and immortality from one of the greats of science fiction. Paperback /softback. By Greg Egan.
Description: Permutation City : Paperback : Orion Publishing Co : 9780575082076 : : 29 Jul 2008 : An incredible, mind-bending look at cyberspace, afterlife and immortality from one of the greats of science fiction. The Book Depository Permutation City by Greg Egan - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
