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Units Teaching this Work
| Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
y
Permutation City
St Leonards
:
Allen and Unwin
,
1994
Z455855
1994
single work
novel
science fiction
(taught in 2 units)
'In
Permutation City
Egan has said that his main goal was "to
take the idea of conscious software - whether it's some kind
of scanned human duplicate, or some AI created from
scratch - and push it to its logical conclusion'." The story involves human identities being 'loaded into computer memory
banks where they become virtual people' (Colin Steele, SF Commentary No 77, p.53). |
Science Fiction | La Trobe University | 2011 (Semester 2) |
|
y
Permutation City
St Leonards
:
Allen and Unwin
,
1994
Z455855
1994
single work
novel
science fiction
(taught in 2 units)
'In
Permutation City
Egan has said that his main goal was "to
take the idea of conscious software - whether it's some kind
of scanned human duplicate, or some AI created from
scratch - and push it to its logical conclusion'." The story involves human identities being 'loaded into computer memory
banks where they become virtual people' (Colin Steele, SF Commentary No 77, p.53). |
Science Fiction and Postmodernism | La Trobe University | 2012 (Semester 2) |
