Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 0575086521 9780575086524 [GB]

ISBN10: 0575086521, ISBN13: 9780575086524, [publisher: Orion / Gollancz] Softcover © 2009: A collection of 12 short stories by Greg Egan. 1st printing of 2009 edition. Accompanied by Gollancz Press Release (slight damage) for this 1st edition Trade Paperback:- Contents: Lost Continent / Dark Integers / Crystal Nights / Steve Fever / Induction / Singleton / Oracle / Border Guards / Riding The Crocodile / Glory / Hot Rock / Oceanic:- Synopsis: Collected together for the first time are twelve stories by the incomparable Greg Egan, one of the most exciting writers of science fiction working today. In these glimpses into the future Egan continues to explore the essence of what it is to be human, and the nature of what - and who - we are, in stories that range from parables of contemporary human conflict and ambition to far-future tales of our immortal descendants. Return to the universe of the meta-civilisation known as the Amalgam, which Egan explored in his critically acclaimed novel 'Incandescence': 'Riding The Crocodile', which recounts an epic endeavour a million years from now to bridge the divide between the Amalgam and the reclusive Aloof; 'Glory', set in the same future, in which two archaeologists strive to decipher the artefacts of an ancient civilisation, and 'Hot Rock', where an obscure, sunless world conceals mind-spinning technological marvels, bitter factional struggles, and a many-layered secret history. This ...
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