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Greg Egan
BornGregory Mark Egan[1]
(1961-08-20) 20 August 1961 (age 63)[1]
Perth
OccupationWriter, former programmer[2]
NationalityAustralian
Period1983-present (as SF writer)
GenreScience fiction
Website
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Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961[1]) is an Australian science fiction writer.

Life

Egan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Western Australia.[3][2]

He published his first work in 1983.[4] He specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness. Other themes include genetics, simulated reality, posthumanism, mind uploading, sexuality, artificial intelligence, and the concept of rational naturalism being superior to religion. He is known for his tendency to deal with complex technical material, like inventive new physics and epistemology, in an unapologetically thorough manner. He is a Hugo Award winner (with eight other works shortlisted for the Hugos) and has also won the John W Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel.[5] His early stories feature strong elements of supernatural horror.

Egan's short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including regular appearances in Interzone and Asimov's Science Fiction.

Personal life

As of 2015, Egan lives in Perth. He has been active on the issue of asylum seekers' mandatory detention in Australia.[6] Egan is a vegetarian.[7][2]

Egan does not attend science fiction conventions,[8] does not sign books, and has stated that he appears in no photographs on the web,[9] though both SF fan sites and Google Search have at times mistakenly represented photos of other people with the same name as those of the writer.[10]

Works

Novels

Orthogonal trilogy
Main article: Orthogonal (novel)
  • The Clockwork Rocket (2011), ISBN 978-1-59780-227-7
  • The Eternal Flame (2012), ISBN 978-1-59780-293-2
  • The Arrows of Time (2013), ISBN 978-0-575-10576-8

Collections

Axiomatic (1995), ISBN 1-85798-281-9

3

Our Lady of Chernobyl (1995), ISBN 0-646-23230-4

3

Luminous (1998), ISBN 1-85798-551-6

3

Dark Integers and Other Stories (2008), ISBN 978-1-59606-155-2

3

Crystal Nights and Other Stories (2009), ISBN 978-1-59606-240-5

3

Oceanic (2009), ISBN 978-0-575-08652-4

3

Other short fiction

3

Academic papers

  • An Efficient Algorithm for the Riemannian 10j Symbols by Dan Christensen and Greg Egan[30]
  • Asymptotics of 10j Symbols by John Baez, Dan Christensen and Greg Egan[31]

Awards

Egan is a multiple Seiun Award winner.[5]

Teranesia was named winner of the 2000 Ditmar Award for best novel, but Egan declined the award.[5]

Short movies

In 2015 started the production of a short film inspired by the story Axiomatic.[32]

Notes

  1. ^ Singleton introduced the concept of the Qusp, which was later used in the novel Schild's Ladder.
  2. ^ Wang refers to the mathematician Hao Wang – the carpets are living embodiments of Wang tiles. This story, minorly reworked, became a section of the novel Diaspora.
  3. ^ Dust was incorporated into the novel Permutation City as the first few chapters in one narrative thread.
  4. ^ Event symmetry note on Egan's Dust Theory

References

  1. ^ a b c "Egan, Greg". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
  2. ^ a b c Burnham, Karen. Greg Egan. ISBN 978-0-252-07993-1. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ Booker, M. Keith. Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature. p. 98. ISBN 978-0810849389. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Bibliography". Gregegan.net. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Greg Egan Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation.
  6. ^ Egan, Greg (17 February 2005). "Letters from the forgotten - Opinion". www.theage.com.au. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  7. ^ Egan, Greg (19 October 2008). "Iran Trip Diary: Part 2, Esfahan". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  8. ^ Farr, Russell (September 1997). "Interviews". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Photos of Greg Egan, science fiction writer". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  10. ^ Egan, Greg (24 August 2012). "Google, the Stupidity Amplifier". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  11. ^ Egan, Greg (January 1993). "The Moral Virologist". eidolon.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  12. ^ Egan, Greg (April 1992). "Closer". eidolon.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  13. ^ Egan, Greg (31 December 2006). "Riding the Crocodile". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  14. ^ Egan, Greg (October 2007). "Dark Integers". Asimovs.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  15. ^ "Harper Voyager Books: FREE HUGO SHORT STORIES: Ken Macleod and Greg Egan". Outofthiseos.typepad.com. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  16. ^ Egan, Greg (27 January 2009). "Interzone: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Crystal Nights". TTA Press. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  17. ^ Egan, Greg (15 October 2007). "Steve Fever | MIT Technology Review". Technologyreview.com. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  18. ^ Egan, Greg (8 August 2002). "Singleton". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  19. ^ Egan, Greg (12 November 2000). "Oracle". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  20. ^ Egan, Greg (12 April 1999). "Border Guards". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  21. ^ Egan, Greg (9 August 2000). "Only Connect". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  22. ^ Egan, Greg (1997). "Yeyuka - a short story". Infinityplus.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  23. ^ Egan, Greg (1992). "Worthless - a short story". Infinityplus.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  24. ^ Egan, Greg (29 May 2001). "Mind Vampires". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  25. ^ Egan, Greg (July 1991). "The Demon's Passage". eidolon.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  26. ^ Egan, Greg (December 1990). "The Vat". eidolon.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  27. ^ Egan, Greg (August 1990). "The Extra". eidolon.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  28. ^ Egan, Greg (16 May 2001). "Scatter My Ashes". Gregegan.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  29. ^ Alexander, Niall (12 June 2014). "Step into the Stars: Reach for Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan". Tor.com. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  30. ^ "[gr-qc/0110045] An efficient algorithm for the Riemannian 10j symbols". Arxiv.org. 24 January 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  31. ^ "[gr-qc/0208010] Asymptotics of 10j symbols". Arxiv.org. 4 November 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  32. ^ Axiomatic at IMDb
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