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Greg Egan
Born20 August 1961 (1961-08-20) (age 46)
Perth, Western Australia
OccupationWriter, former Programmer
NationalityAustralian
Writing period1990s-present
GenresScience fiction

Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction author. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Note that this Partial list contains some authors whose works of fantastic fiction would today be called science fiction even if they predate or did not work in that genre

Egan specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness. Hard science fiction is a category of Science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail or on scientific accuracy or on both Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Quantum ontology is based on the idea that the underlying reality of Quantum mechanics fundamentally alters the nature of mankind's (and by extension any other sentient race's Consciousness has been defined loosely as a constellation of attributes of Mind such as Subjectivity, Self-awareness, Sentience, and the Other themes include genetics, simulated reality, mind transfer, sexuality, artificial intelligence, and the superiority of rational naturalism over religion. Genetics (from Ancient Greek grc-Latn genetikos, “genitive” and that from grc-Latn genesis, “origin” a discipline of Biology, is Simulated reality is the proposition that Reality could be simulated—perhaps by Computer simulation —to a degree indistinguishable from "true" Reality In Transhumanism and Science fiction, mind uploading (also occasionally referred to by other terms such as mind transfer, whole brain emulation Generally speaking human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings In Epistemology and in its broadest sense rationalism is "any view appealing to Reason as a source of knowledge or justification" (Lacey 286 This article covers metaphysical naturalism as a worldview Naturalism (philosophy discusses methodological naturalism A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos He is a Hugo Award winner (and has been shortlisted for the Hugos three other times), and has also won the John W Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year This page describes the award for best science fiction novel for other awards see Campbell Award (disambiguation Some of his earlier short stories feature strong elements of supernatural horror, while due to his more popular science fiction he is known within the genre for his tendency to deal with complex and highly technical material (including inventive new physics and epistemology) in an unapologetically thorough manner. Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Epistemology (from Greek επιστήμη - episteme, "knowledge" + λόγος, " Logos " or theory of knowledge

Egan's short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including regular appearances in Interzone and Asimov's Science Fiction. See Interzone (book for the story by William S Burroughs Interzone is a British fantasy and Asimov's Science Fiction (ISSN 1065-2698 is an American Science fiction magazine which publishes Science fiction and Fantasy and

Egan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Western Australia, and currently lives in Perth. The University of Western Australia (UWA is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. He has recently been active on the issue of refugees' mandatory detention in Australia. According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race Mandatory detention in Australia concerns the Australian federal government 's policy and system of Mandatory detention active from 1992 to date pursuant to which

Contents

Works

Novels

Collections

Short stories

Stories collected in Axiomatic

Stories collected in Luminous

Stories collected in Dark Integers and Other Stories

Other stories

Awards

Egan was nominated for the 2000 Ditmar Award for best novel with Teranesia. An Unusual Angle (1983 was the first Novel Published by Australian Science fiction Writer Greg Egan by The year 1983 in literature involved some significant events and new books Quarantine is a Hard science fiction Novel by Greg Egan.Within a Detective fiction framework the novel explores the consequences The year 1992 in literature involved some significant events and new books Permutation City is a 1994 Science fiction novel by Greg Egan that explores many concepts including Quantum ontology, via various philosophical The year 1994 in literature involved some significant events and new books Distress is a 1995 Science fiction Novel by Greg Egan ISBN 0061052647 The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books Diaspora is a Hard science fiction novel by Australian writer Greg Egan, published in 1997 The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books Teranesia is a 1999 Science fiction Novel by Greg Egan. Plot summary The novel explores an unusual connection between The year 1999 in literature involved some significant events and new books Schild's Ladder is a 2002 Science fiction novel by Australian author Greg Egan. The year 2002 in literature involved some significant events and new books Axiomatic (ISBN 0-7528-1650-0 is a 1995 collection of short Science fiction stories by Greg Egan. The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books Our Lady of Chernobyl is a collection of short fiction by the Australian Science fiction writer Greg Egan, published in 1995 by MirrorDanse The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books Luminous is a collection of short Science fiction stories by Greg Egan. The year 1998 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2000 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books Hackers (ISBN 0-441-00375-3 is an Anthology of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. "TAP" is a 1995 novelette by Greg Egan. It is set in a near-future society in which brain implants allow immersive virtual reality " Neighbourhood Watch " is a horror Short story by the author Greg Egan. This page describes the award for best science fiction novel for other awards see Campbell Award (disambiguation The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year The Locus Awards were established in 1971 and are presented to winners of Locus Magazine 's annual readers' poll The year 1998 in literature involved some significant events and new books 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. See also Ditmar Award results The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar" Award, and before that the "Australian Science Teranesia is a 1999 Science fiction Novel by Greg Egan. Plot summary The novel explores an unusual connection between He declined the award.

Usenet Newsgroups

Egan occasionally contributes posts to a variety of (mostly scientific and/or technical) Usenet newsgroups, using his own name. Usenet, a Portmanteau of "user" and "network" is a world-wide distributed Internet discussion system A newsgroup is a Repository usually within the Usenet system for messages posted from many users in different locations These include: sci. physics. research; sci. math; comp. graphics. algorithms; comp. sys. laptops; comp. sys. mac. hardware. misc; microsoft. public. windowsxp. accessibility; aus. sf; rec. arts. movies. current-films; plus a few others.

From December 1994 to September 1999 he contributed regularly to the group rec. arts. sf. written, where he engaged in dialogue with his readers about his work, and science fiction in general, which is an invaluable source of information. See External links for the Google archive of these posts. Google News is an automated News aggregator provided by Google Inc

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Orphanogenesis" became the opening chapter of the novel Diaspora. Diaspora is a Hard science fiction novel by Australian writer Greg Egan, published in 1997
  2. ^ Wang refers to the mathematician Hao Wang – the carpets are living embodiments of Wang tiles. Wang Hao, also Hao Wang ( 20 May 1921 &ndash 13 May 1995) was a Chinese American Logician, Philosopher Wang tiles (or Wang dominoes) first proposed by mathematician Hao Wang in 1961 are a class of Formal systems They are modelled visually by equal-sized This story, minorly reworked, became a section of the novel Diaspora. Diaspora is a Hard science fiction novel by Australian writer Greg Egan, published in 1997
  3. ^ "Dust" became the opening chapter of the novel Permutation City [1]
  4. ^ Singleton introduced the concept of the Qusp, which was later used in the novel Schild's Ladder. Permutation City is a 1994 Science fiction novel by Greg Egan that explores many concepts including Quantum ontology, via various philosophical Schild's Ladder is a 2002 Science fiction novel by Australian author Greg Egan.

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Persondata
NAMEEgan, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTIONAustralian science fiction writer and former computer programmer
DATE OF BIRTHAugust 20, 1961 (1961-08-20) (age 46)
PLACE OF BIRTHPerth, Western Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.
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