Permutation City
Language: English
2-award-winner Fiction General Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Nanotechnology Nomination of 1994 BSFA Award for Best Novel Nominations Below Cutoff of 1995 Hugo Award for Best Novel Novel Preliminary Nominees of 1997 Nebula Award for Novel Science Fiction Win of 1995 Ditmar Award for Best Australian Long Fiction _isfdb bsfa award for best novel finalist john w campbell award winner philip k dick award finalist sf sf_cyberpunk
Publisher: Millennium
Published: Apr 2, 1994
Description:
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.
The bad news is that you are a scrap of electronic code. The world you see around you, the you 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.
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 bail-out is on the utilities menu. You pull it down...
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.
About the Author
Greg Egan is the author of the acclaimed SF novels Diaspora, Axiomatic, Quarantine, Permutation City, and Teranesia. A winner of the Hugo Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Mr. Egan lives in Australia.