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Page 69
... Permutation City If he'd rebuilt himself , reinvented himself ... then how much of the man she'd known remained ? Had he granted himself transhuman resilience ... or had he died in silence ? ... Where was the line ? Between [ radical ] ...
... Permutation City If he'd rebuilt himself , reinvented himself ... then how much of the man she'd known remained ? Had he granted himself transhuman resilience ... or had he died in silence ? ... Where was the line ? Between [ radical ] ...
Page 70
... Permutation City " pushes this idea to its logical conclusion " ( Byrne & Strahan , " Burning " ) . Egan " literalizes " these " permutation " theories by scattering dust - like cut- up fragments of his original story throughout the ...
... Permutation City " pushes this idea to its logical conclusion " ( Byrne & Strahan , " Burning " ) . Egan " literalizes " these " permutation " theories by scattering dust - like cut- up fragments of his original story throughout the ...
Page 85
... Permutation City's repeated references to the " immortal abyss " emphasize the many problems associated with immortality . The trial by placeless space encountered by boundless bodies becomes an ordeal of timeless time endured endlessly ...
... Permutation City's repeated references to the " immortal abyss " emphasize the many problems associated with immortality . The trial by placeless space encountered by boundless bodies becomes an ordeal of timeless time endured endlessly ...
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Wrapped in that mysterious | 22 |
Michael Fisch Nation War and Japans Future in the Science | 49 |
AI ALife and | 69 |
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