Axiomatic - Softcover

Egan, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061052655 ISBN 13: 9780061052651

Publisher: Harper Prism, 1997

Synopsis

A collection of science fiction stories that looks at the possible future includes stories of genetically altered dolphins that speak in limericks and a software program that allows users to design their own child

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Review

Axiomatic is a collection of Greg Egan's short stories that appeared in various science fiction magazines (mostly Interzone and Asimov's) between 1989 and 1992. Like most of Egan's work, the stories focus on science and ideas, sometimes at the expense of the writing. But although Egan may lack a certain stylistic flare, he more than makes up for it with his wonderful visions of the future. Some of the more interesting stories include "Into Darkness," the tale of a rescue worker whose territory is a runaway wormhole, and the title story "Axiomatic," which is about a man looking to find meaning in the senseless death of his wife.

From the Back Cover

From junkies who drink at the time-stream to love affairs in time-reversed galaxies; from gene-altered dolphins that converse only in limericks to the program that allows you to design your own child; from the brain implants called axiomatics to the strange attractors that spin off new religions, Greg Egan's future is frighteningly close to our own present.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper Prism
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0061052655
• ISBN 13: 9780061052651
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 293