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211:, gets the impression that "this book serves as a good sampling, and as a sort of link between the old Egan and the new." He thinks that it "makes sense to include both older and newer stories", claiming that "the new stories range from solid to excellent", that "the book at hand is strong work, and very welcome" as well as that "it only further whets the appetite for Egan's new novel, 242:
in regard to multiple of Egan's short stories. Burnham indicated that "Luminous" and "Dark Integers" "aren't necessarily Egan's best stories" as they "both rely heavily on their plots, with very little characterization", and "it's very hard to find a narrative toehold when the infodumping gets
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makes "them easier to read". She explained, "Then I knew that my feeling of disjointedness wasn't because I was stupid, but because the stories' conceit really was completely without basis in any real-world science or genre convention."
186:" are connected with each other. The events of the latter are set ten years after the events of the former. "Riding the Crocodile" is set in the same universe as Egan's novel 316: 225:" concerns "not so much the idea, though that remains fascinatingly loopy, but the sad political reality that Egan derives from the underlying state of affairs." In " 635: 221:" as "fascinating" for its central premise, but says that "it didn't quite sell this idea, and the thrillerish material wasn't convincingly integrated." Its sequel " 1347: 1352: 808: 229:", "Egan succeeds again in marrying character with idea – perhaps in part because the central idea is more sociological than mathematical." 1241: 1171: 845: 92: 1094: 746: 1035: 1067: 383: 320: 573: 499: 1199: 625: 332: 297: 269:, says that "Oceanic" "edges into extreme post-human and/or far-future territory, but that story’s armature is a kind of 1318: 1311: 1304: 1164: 1075: 305: 118: 260:, that the idea behind "Luminous" and "Dark Integers" "would make an exciting premise for radio or film adaptation." 1059: 1262: 1157: 980: 838: 1290: 1269: 1234: 1115: 877: 239: 600: 1220: 1178: 289: 218: 179: 132: 1051: 925: 213: 188: 1276: 1143: 1129: 1108: 972: 140: 54: 525: 962: 988: 831: 114: 917: 473: 445: 355: 1283: 1255: 1213: 1192: 1185: 1136: 1122: 949: 817: 301: 226: 164: 156: 87: 1150: 1011: 901: 893: 885: 869: 754: 722: 578: 308:
in 1999. In 2001, "Oceanic", in 2003, "Luminous", and in 2010, "Dark Integers", all won the
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confusing". However, she found that "reading the introduction" of
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The collection reached the 6th place in the Reader Poll of the
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is a collection of five science-fiction short stories by
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Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story
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One of them, "Oceanic", won the 14: 549:"Dark Integers and Other Stories" 1036:Crystal Nights and Other Stories 296:" was nominated in 2008 for the 113:, published on 25 March 2008 by 22:Dark Integers and Other Stories 1028:Dark Integers and Other Stories 804:Dark Integers and Other Stories 638:from the original on 2024-04-30 321:James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 263:Russell Letson, writing in the 245:Dark Integers and Other Stories 102:Dark Integers and Other Stories 624:Letson, Russell (2019-06-14). 1: 572:Burnham, Karen (2008-06-02). 502:. Asimovs.com. 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Index

Greg Egan
English
Science fiction
Hard science fiction
ISBN
978-1596061552
Australian
Greg Egan
Subterranean Press
Hugo Award for Best Novella
Luminous
Riding the Crocodile
Dark Integers
Glory
Oceanic
Luminous
Dark Integers
Incandescence
SF Site
Incandescence
Luminous
Dark Integers
Oceanic
Strange Horizons
suspension of disbelief
Salik Shah
Reactor Magazine
Locus Magazine
Locus Award
Luminous

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