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wikimedia.org.au for non-editorial assistance.Trivia section
Trivia sections on Misplaced Pages are considered very bad form. All imformation within this section should be dispersed to apropriate places within the article. --The_stuart 18:26, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
In the short story compilation Luminous, the word "luminous" occurs exactly once in every story (except for the title story Luminous in which it occurs many times). Continuing the tradition, a large number of Egan's other published novels and short stories include the word "luminous" exactly once.
In an issue of the Top 10 comic book, an AI officer is asked whether he would have ethical issues with transferring his mind into a new body for purposes of undercover work. He answers that, as he is a "High Church Eganite", he would have no problem.
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
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
- I think the correct home for such an article would be Dust Theory. -- Jon Dowland 13:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Is there ever going to be another book? Bethefawn 0011; 9.1.06
- He's apparently signed for two short stories in the near future: details at http://www.ttapress.com/discus/messages/541/660.html?1114156632 -- Jon Dowland 13:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks very much! Bethefawn 07:46, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
- He has another novel in progress called Incandescence. 4.89.245.114 00:18, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
In one of his earlier stories, Greg Egan wrote (bitterly) about the tendency of modern mystics to invoke quantum physics in their dogma -- from memory, he talked about how much these people love the Uncertainty Principle, and also how little they understand the actual meaning of the whole quantum thing. Since then, I've noticed the phenomenon several times - recently in "What the Bleep Do We Know" movement - and am thinking of naming the principle 'Egan's Law'. Problem is, I've forgotten the title of the story - can any of you help? Adambrowne666 00:21, 28 February 2006 (UTC) -- (oops -- belatedly googling the term, I now see there's already some strange new law in the States called Egan's Law - might have to come up with another name.)Adambrowne666 00:32, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
- There are a lot of stories on those themes, but I don't remember exactly which one dealt with quantum mechanics centrally. Two I can think of are "Silver Fire" and "Our Lady of Chernobyl", from Luminous. Tlogmer 17:02, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Greg Egan happens to be listed also on the Misplaced Pages List of Anarchists - Now I realise that in Egan's novel 'Distress', the narrative is largely sympathetic towards the Anarcho-syndicalist island where much of the tale unfolds, but if Egan is indeed an anarchist, would it be worth mentioning in the Greg Egan article? I'll also put something in the discussion fro the list of Anarchists with a view to clarifying whether he in fact is etc. - Unregistered user.
Greg Egan has now been removed from the article List of Anarchists - so I guess that's the end of that. ;) - Unregistered user.
short story footnotes
Just some observations on how the stories tie together. Those who are interested in more non-encyclopaedic analysis may find my page on the subject interesting (when it's finished at least): http://alcopop.org/media/fiction/egan/ . -- Jon Dowland 10:06, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Add years for all the short stories?
Right now there are years of first publication listed for all the novels but not for the short stories. I'm willing (and inclined) to dredge all the years out of the bibliography on his website and incorporate them. Does anyone object? It'll probably take half an hour or more so I don't want to do it and then get reverted. 4.89.246.163 00:40, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Australian Atheist category
Egan was placed into category: Australian Atheists and then removed. I think it's pretty clear he is an atheist, and that he's from Australia ... Ppe42 19:32, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- yes well it does seem that way. but we should realy find something to back it up first.
- Joeyjojo 15:21, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
- Egan is an intelligent man. Of course he's an atheist .... 1 .... 2
Gardener of Geda 15:58, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
- Egan is an intelligent man. Of course he's an atheist .... 1 .... 2