Permutation City

Greg Egan
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Permutation City

Allie
8/25/2015
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I think this is the best novel I've read about mind uploading thus far. It addressed pretty much all the aspects of the technology that I find interesting, including the hardware limitations, the social implications, the effects on those involved, and how the it could stretch the idea of a sense of self. A variety of perspectives and reactions to mind uploading are presented through the handful of viewpoint characters. The second part of the story veers off wildly from the ordered near-future world, into the idea of the "dust theory" and the potentially eternal lives of electronic copies. Permutation City was an engaging story from start to finish, and I am looking forward to reading more of Greg Egan's work!

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