Quarantine: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597805386 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Very hard sci-fi E Very much hard sci-fi - for better or for worse. A little too concerned with details over storytelling for my tastes. That said, it's fascinating, thought-provoking, and easily kept my attention throughout.. "Brilliant, fun, and educational" according to A Customer. I absolutely loved this book! I knew little about Quantum mechanics before reading this, and now I have a good understanding of the concepts covered in this book. I learned something, but I also had a great time reading the story.He develops some brilliant ideas, including neural mods that allow you to "program" your brain and run "apps" . "existential angst disguised as a novel" according to D. Bonar. It was OK. Lots of nice ideas I wish had been explored more. A procedural or detective story that actually remained a detective story, and still focused on the primed state, the mods, etc. could have been really good. The doublethink of the loyalty mod, and the choice of Karen were good. But it was dragged down for me by pages and pages o
About the AuthorGreg Egan is a computer programmer, and the author of the acclaimed SF novels The Arrows of Time, Distress, Diaspora, Quarantine, Permutation City, and Teranesia. He lives in Perth, Australia.. His short fiction has been published in a variety of places, including Interzone, Asimov’s, and Nature. He has won the Hugo Award as well as the John W. Campbell Memorial Award
While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.. Originally published more than twenty years ago, Quarantine is now back in print and available to readers again.Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. Will it be for good or bad? That’s the question Nick has to answer.From the mind of Hugo Awardwinning author Greg Egan, Quarantine is a tour de force of hard science fiction that will grip you from the first page and not let go. Taut, suspenseful, darkly powerful Egan is on his way, and with considerable velocity!”Gardener D
Greg Egan is a computer programmer, and the author of the acclaimed SF novels The Arrows of Time, Distress, Diaspora, Quarantine, Permutation City, and Teranesia. He has won the Hugo Award as well as the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He lives in Perth, Australia.. His short fiction has been published in a variety of places, including Interzone, Asimov’s, and Nature