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Karen Burnham - Greg Egan - 9780252038419 - V9780252038419
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Greg Egan

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Description for Greg Egan Hardback. Greg Egan (1961- ) publishes works that challenge readers with rigorous, deeply-informed scientific speculation. This book includes a rare interview with the famously press-shy Egan covering his works, themes, intellectual interests, and thought processes. Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.

Greg Egan (1961- ) publishes works that challenge readers with rigorous, deeply-informed scientific speculation. He unapologetically delves into mathematics, physics, and other disciplines in his prose, putting him in the vanguard of the hard science fiction renaissance of the 1990s.

A working physicist and engineer, Karen Burnham is uniquely positioned to provide an in-depth study of Egan's science-heavy oeuvre. Her survey of the author's career covers novels like Permutation City and Schild's Ladder and the Hugo Award-winning novella "Oceanic," analyzing how Egan used cutting-edge scientific theory to explore ethical questions and the nature of humanity. As Burnham shows, Egan's ... Read more

The volume includes a rare interview with the famously press-shy Egan covering his works, themes, intellectual interests, and thought processes.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Series
Modern Masters of Science Fiction
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252038419
SKU
V9780252038419
Shipping Time
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About Karen Burnham
Karen Burnham works as a physicist and engineer at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Reviews for Greg Egan
"Greg Egan is one of the most fascinating and challenging of modern science fiction writers, and Burnham
an engineer and physicist as well as a science fiction critic
brings exactly the needed combination of skills to bear on his fiction, which can range from the densely theoretical to the intensely humanistic. The book ends with the most cogent and forthcoming interview with ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Greg Egan


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