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Permutation City is a 1994 science fiction novel by Greg Egan that explores many concepts, including quantum ontology, via various philosophical aspects of artificial life and simulated reality. Sections of the story were adapted from Egan's 1992 Read More..

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Description	Permutation City is a 1994 science fiction novel by Greg Egan that explores many concepts, including quantum ontology, via various philosophical aspects of artificial life and simulated reality. Sections of the story were adapted from Egan's 1992 short story "Dust" which dealt with many of the same philosophical themes. Aurealis Interview (2009) by Russell Blackford Permutation City won the John W. Campbell Award for the best science-fiction novel of the year in 1995 and was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award that same year. The novel was also cited in a 2003 Scientific American article on multiverses by Max Tegmark.Max Tegmark, Parallel Universes, Scientific American, May 2003Max Tegmark, Parallel Universes
Description	Permutation City is a 1994 science fiction novel by Greg Egan that explores many concepts, including quantum ontology, via various philosophical aspects of artificial life and simulated reality. Sections of the story were adapted from Egan's 1992 short story "Dust" which dealt with many of the same philosophical themes. Aurealis Interview (2009) by Russell Blackford Permutation City won the John W. Campbell Award for the best science-fiction novel of the year in 1995 and was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award that same year. The novel was also cited in a 2003 Scientific American article on multiverses by Max Tegmark.Max Tegmark, Parallel Universes, Scientific American, May 2003Max Tegmark, Parallel Universes

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Name	Permutation City
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Authors	Greg Egan
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Genre	Hard science fiction , Postcyberpunk
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Language	English
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Country	Australia
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Pages	310 pp
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Media_type	Print (Hardcover and paperback)
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Isbn	1-85798-174-X
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Oclc	30834713
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Publisher	Millennium Orion Publishing Group
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