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Re:ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program by sooheon on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:04AM (#27474353)
Yeah, that's why my favorite way of reading him is via his short stories. Just enough to get the big idea across and not get lost in too much detail.
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Re:ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program by IkmoIkmo on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:31PM (#27476174)
Could you recommend one or two of these short stories? Thank you!
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Re:ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program by sooheon on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:43PM (#27476322)
Pick up Axiomatic, try the first story (The Infinite Assassin) and see if it grabs you. It's got the best parts of something like Snow Crash, which drops you in without much exposition, and lets the visuals/action lead. Learning to Be Me from the same collection really stood out to me, it's a unique take on the "uploading your consciousness" trope.
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Re:ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program by westoncb on Friday June 11, 2021 @02:58PM (#27477190)
My recollection from Infinite Assassin is that for someone not pretty literate in mathematics it would nearly be nonsense.
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Re:ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program by throwaway6734 on Friday June 11, 2021 @09:54PM (#27480683)
It's not a short story, but this is the first work of Egan's that I read and I loved it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(novel)
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Re:ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program by sooheon on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:46PM (#27476362)
Into Darkness was another great one from Axiomatic. Also great action, and a seriously intense brooding atmosphere.
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