Luminous (story collection)
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Luminous is a collection of short science fiction
stories by Greg Egan
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Luminous contains the following short stories.
ISBN 1-85798-573-7
The title story has since seen a sequel entitled Dark Integers. The sequel was published in the October/November 2007 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction
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Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
stories by Greg Egan
Greg Egan
Greg Egan is an Australian science fiction author.Egan published his first work in 1983. He specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness...
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Luminous contains the following short stories.
- Chaff — An agent is sent to kill a geneticist who is working in a druglord-controlled stronghold in the jungles of Colombia, and working on important brain-altering research.
- Mitochondrial Eve — An organisation is trying to trace a common maternal ancestor for recent humanity.
- Luminous — A pair of researchers have found a defect in mathematics, where something can be true and false at the same time, proving that the fundamental nature of our universe, and the universe represented by theoretical numbers, may be on a collision course for mathematical supremacy.
- Mister Volition
- Cocoon
- Transition Dreams
- Silver Fire
- Reasons To Be Cheerful — A boy discovers he has a serious brain tumour, which was causing him to be amazingly happy. With it removed, he becomes despondent, and undergoes a new and extensive treatment eventually, with a form of brain network, to try to get back to a more useful life many years later.
- Our Lady Of Chernobyl — A man is hired to find a radioactive religious icon. The search turns deadly.
- The Planck DiveThe Planck Dive"The Planck Dive" is a science fiction novelette published in 1998 by Greg Egan. It was nominated for the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.-Plot summary:...
ISBN 1-85798-573-7
The title story has since seen a sequel entitled Dark Integers. The sequel was published in the October/November 2007 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction
Asimov's Science Fiction
Asimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov...
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