Diaspora by Greg Egan

Diaspora by Greg Egan

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Summary

By the end of the 30th century, there are three types of human: flesh humans; Gleisner robots embodying human minds; and polises, supercomputers which are direct copies of billions of human minds. When astronomical disaster threatens Earth, the polises begin their search for a new home.

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Diaspora by Greg Egan

A dramatic insight into the future of Man in the 30th century and beyond where life is divided into three; fleshers - true homo-sapines; Gleisner robots - human minds within machines; and polises - supercomputers teeming with intellgent software containing copies of human personalities.
Greg Egan lives in Perth, Western Australia. He has won the John W. Campbell award for Best Novel and has been short listed for the Hugo three times.
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ISBN 13 9780752809250
ISBN 10 0752809253
Title Diaspora
Author Greg Egan
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1998-07-06
Number of pages 381
Prizes Short-listed for Aurealis Award for Excellence in Fiction: Best Science Fiction Novel 1997
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