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| :A recommendation by a friend to read Permutation City started me on reading Greg Egan. I think this experience is common. -- zuzu | |||
| Either here or in ] should include a summary and explanation of ], which essentially says something that quantum physics says about reality and has been known in programming for some time -- that instructions computed out of order, so long as they maintain their relativism to each other, will always produce the same result. Time is an illusion; ]. -- zuzu | |||
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part of the edit on 29 Jan by 203.40.244.79:
"Like all good science fiction writers, Egan deals in ideas, but he also writes very well too. His 1994 novel Permutation City was a highly praised exploration of the copying of human personalities or minds, with a visionary hero who challenges society's understanding of 'copies', and of identity, computing, the laws of physics and reality."
Although I agree he is a good writer I have a sneaking suspicion that he may also not be the most modest person in the world ;) Anyone think this edit was infact perpetrated by Greg Egan himself?
- Nah, that line seems more like the work of a crazed fan (no offense to the author). 63.130.197.32 03:29, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Agreed - Egan also has a reputation as quite a recluse. - Jdowland
- A recommendation by a friend to read Permutation City started me on reading Greg Egan. I think this experience is common. -- zuzu
Either here or in Permutation City should include a summary and explanation of Dust Theory, which essentially says something that quantum physics says about reality and has been known in programming for some time -- that instructions computed out of order, so long as they maintain their relativism to each other, will always produce the same result. Time is an illusion; lunch time doubly so. -- zuzu