Permutation City
by Greg Egan
First published 1994 · 340 pages · about 6 hours to read
Won: John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1995)
On these lists: #3 Books like Inception (movie) · #89 The best science fiction of all time
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About this book
Immortality can be yours . . . at a price
Permutation city is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes grows beyond his control. Encompassing the lives and struggles of an artificial life junkie desperate to save her dying mother, a billionaire banker scarred by a terrible crime, the lovers for whom, in their timeless virtual world, love is not enough - and much more - Permutation city is filled with the sense of wonder and dread.
Can what makes you human be distilled into data? And what happens if you can't afford to pay?
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Quotes
“How does it feel to be seven thousand years old?” / “That depends.” / “On what?” / “On how I want to feel.”
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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