2250 e89e151e-cf56-425b-b57e-abb38ccae907 Permutation City Greg Egan calibre (2.43.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1994-04-02T00:00:00+00:00 <p>The good news is that you have just awakened into Eternal Life. You are going to live forever. Immortality is a reality. A medical miracle? Not exactly.</p><p>The bad news is that you are a scrap of electronic code. The world you see around you, the <em>you</em> that is seeing it, has been digitized, scanned, and downloaded into a virtual reality program. You are a Copy that knows it is a copy.</p><p>The good news is that there is a way out. By law, every Copy has the option of terminating itself, and waking up to normal flesh-and-blood life again. The <em>bail-out</em> is on the <em>utilities</em> menu. You pull it down...</p><p>The bad news is that it doesn't work. Someone has blocked the bail-out option. And you know who did it. You did. The other you. The real you. The one that wants to keep you here forever. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Greg Egan is the author of the acclaimed SF novels <em>Diaspora, Axiomatic, Quarantine, Permutation City,</em> and <em>Teranesia</em>. A winner of the Hugo Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Mr. Egan lives in Australia.</p> Millennium http://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?25925 eng Novel john w campbell award winner sf 2-award-winner sf_cyberpunk Fiction Science Fiction General bsfa award for best novel finalist philip k dick award finalist Nanotechnology _isfdb Nomination of 1994 BSFA Award for Best Novel Win of 1995 Ditmar Award for Best Australian Long Fiction Nominations Below Cutoff of 1995 Hugo Award for Best Novel Preliminary Nominees of 1997 Nebula Award for Novel