The Universe may be stranger than we can imagine, but it's going to have a tough time outdoing Egan.

Greg Egan

Categorized in : May Stranger Tough Times

Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software.

diaspora branches years

Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely.

conceited book firsts

I don't have any structured grand plan; I just intend to keep writing about the things that interest me-some of which change, some of which don't.

things-change interest writing

How does it feel to be seven thousand years old?

doe want years

Mathematics catalogues everything that is not self-contradictory; within that vast inventory, physics is an island of structures rich enough to contain their own beholders.

inventory self islands

A story in Asimov's is read by hundreds of thousands of people.

stories people

I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before.

nominations perspective winning

I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now because employers are likely to be put off by the long gap.

gaps writing long