On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 1:12 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 7/25/2019 8:02 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:48 PM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When I was younger I read a lot of science fiction, I don't do it so much >> anymore and technically I didn't do it this time either but I did listen to >> a audio book called "We Are Legion We Are Bob" it's the first book of >> the Bobiverse trilogy and I really enjoyed it. You can get a free 5 minute >> sample of the book here: >> >> We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1 >> <https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/B01L082SCI/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=> >> >> The only other novel I can think of that treats the subject of uploading >> with equal intelligence is "The Silicon Man". >> >> The Silicon Man by Charles Platt >> <https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Man-Cortext-Charles-Platt/dp/1888869143> >> >> John K Clark >> > > Consider any of the earlier novels by Greg Egan, the Australian hard > science fiction write based in Perth, WA: particularly "Permutation City" > (1994). > > > And you can learn a lot about black holes from Egan's website. He does > serious visual simulation too. I've read several of his novels, including > "Permutation City" but I liked his short story collection "Axiomatic" best. > > Brent > It is a long time since I read "Axiomatic". But glancing at the book again now, I see that at least one of the stories might be relevant to current discussions: "Closer". The blurb on the back reads "Michael and Siran are happy together, but as people they are very different. In an attempt to understand each other better they switch bodies and minds -- but you can have too much of a good thing." Or "The Safe Deposit Box": "A man wakes up each day with a new body: a body that belongs to someone else." Bruce -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLRP-khYerOSgaUONwam_1VFtiT5yLYiRMgniY1UgDnYCw%40mail.gmail.com.
