Synopsis
THE HUNDRED LIGHT YEAR DIARY-Scientists can bounce messages from the future backto the present,but there's no guarantee they'll tell the truth... LEARNING TO BE ME-Crystalline minds may take the place of human brains,but where does the self really lie? CLOSER-Lovers exchange bodies and minds,but their experiments go just that little bit too far,proving that you can have too much of a good thing
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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.
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