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Grex Scifi Item 141: Hard SF recommendation (Greg Egan)
Entered by cla on Sat Nov 30 00:17:43 UTC 2002:

Hello (from a Southern Hemisphere Summer),

I'd like to recommend the work of SF author Greg Egan.

It's in the "hard science" fiction style, i.e. heavy on technical 
details and plausiblity.  His main interests are biology and 
consciousness (often human based but running on other hardware), and 
bizarre physics/cosmology.

It looks like most of his recent work is now available online.  Some of 
it for payment to an eBook publisher, ther rest free at his or other 
sites.  He also writes computer programs and many of the java applets 
on his website are engaging.

Look at: http://www.netspace.net.au/~gregegan   (works online)

Of the freely online stuff, I particularly recommend:
*The Moral Virologist*,  *Yeyuka*, *The Extra* and *Closer*

The pieces in the Hugo nominations/awards that kjr posted are there 
too, but I don't find them as appealing as many of his others.

The ("Mammoth") collections edited by Gardner Dozois usually have a 
number of really good stories, including Egan's.

Care to spin me some SF yarns on the MI area?

5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by tpryan on Sun Dec 1 16:43:17 2002:

        Michigan SF authors include Michael Kube-McDonald, Leo Frankowski,
Sarha Zettel and Bob Asprin.  Those with ties to Michigan include Christopher
Stasheff and George R. R. Martin.
        Michigan SF&F illustrators include Randy Aspun.
(probably mis-spelled a few)

        Anyway, welcome to the conference.

#2 of 5 by gelinas on Sun Dec 1 16:57:34 2002:

K-Mac is from Michigan?  Currently living here?  I'd gottent the impression,
from his web-page, that he was somewhere out west; Utah or thereabouts.

#3 of 5 by jep on Mon Dec 2 15:09:22 2002:

I thought Michael Kube-McDonald stopped writing.  I've read several of 
his books and liked them, but haven't seen any on the shelves recently.

Another author with Michigan roots is Steven Piziks.  I am not sure 
where he lives now but he used to be in Michigan.

#4 of 5 by robh on Tue Dec 3 07:57:14 2002:

Re Steve Piziks - He lives in Ypsi, at least he did three months ago when I
visited his house.  >8)

#5 of 5 by papa on Thu Jan 18 13:11:15 2018:

After 16 years, it's time for some more hard SF.

Do you think it's possible to meld hard SF with space opera, and make it good?
John C. Wright pulls it off with the 6-book Count to the Eschaton series which
he has just concluded with "Count to Infinity".

I just finished the book and it is not only a skillful blending of the 
two disparate sub-genres, it's a mind-blowing trip to the end of space 
and time, and beyond!

I highly recommend. I'm not in the habit of giving out 5/5 star ratings,   
but "Count to Infinity" may deserve it. I give the whole series 4/5 
stars.

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