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Immortality can be yours . . . at a price Permutation city is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes grows beyond his control. Encompassing the lives and struggles of an artificial life junkie desperate to save her dying mother, a billionaire banker scarred by a terrible crime, the lovers for whom, in their timeless virtual world, love is not enough - and much more - Permutation city is filled with the sense of wonder and dread. Can what makes you human be distilled into data? And what happens if you can't afford to pay?
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About the book
- Author
- Greg Egan
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 340
- Publisher
- Robert Laffont, HarperPrism, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- German, French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781857981759
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