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'Nasim is a young computer scientist, hoping to work on the Human
Connectome Project: a plan to map every neural connection in the human
brain. But funding for the project is cancelled and Nasim ends up
devoting her career to Zendegi, a computerised virtual world used by
millions of people. Fifteen years later, a revived Connectome Project
has published a map of the brain. Zendegi is facing fierce competition
from its rivals and Nasim decides to exploit the map to fill the virtual
world with better Proxies: the bit-players that bring its crowd scenes
to life. As controversy rages over the nature and rights of the Proxies,
a friend with terminal cancer begs Nasim to make a Proxy of him, so
some part of him will survive to help raise his orphaned son. But
Zendegi is about to become a battlefield...' (Publisher's blurb)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Geopolitics in Greg Egan's Science Fiction
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 74 no. 1 2014; (p. 186-198) -
The Field : Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , June no. 81 2011; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Zendegi 2010 single work novel ; Incandescence 2008 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 17 May vol. 257 no. 20 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of Zendegi 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklist , 1 June vol. 106 no. 19/20 2010; (p. 46)
— Review of Zendegi 2010 single work novel -
Science Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 September 2010; (p. 6)
— Review of Zendegi 2010 single work novel
-
Science Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 September 2010; (p. 6)
— Review of Zendegi 2010 single work novel -
The Field : Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , June no. 81 2011; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Zendegi 2010 single work novel ; Incandescence 2008 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklist , 1 June vol. 106 no. 19/20 2010; (p. 46)
— Review of Zendegi 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 17 May vol. 257 no. 20 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of Zendegi 2010 single work novel -
Geopolitics in Greg Egan's Science Fiction
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 74 no. 1 2014; (p. 186-198)
Awards
- 2011 finalist Locus Awards — SF Novel
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