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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Permutation City
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'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).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Orion ,
      1994 .
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      Extent: 310p.
      ISBN: 185798174X 9781857981742 1857981758 9781857981759
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      HarperPrism ,
      1994 .
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      Extent: 340p.
      Reprinted: 2000 , 1995
      ISBN: 006105481X; 9780061054815
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Millennium ,
      1994 .
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      Extent: 310p.
      Reprinted: 1998 , 2000 , 1995
      ISBN: 0752816497; 9780752816494
    • London,
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      England,
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      Gollancz ,
      2002 .
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      Extent: 310p.
      Note/s:
      • Published April 2002
      ISBN: 9780752816494
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Gollancz ,
      2008 .
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      Extent: 1 v.p.
      ISBN: 0575082070, 9780575082076
Alternative title: Cybercity : Science-fiction-Roman
Language: German
    • Bergisch Gladbach,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Bastei Lübbe ,
      1995 .
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      Extent: 428p.

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Works about this Work

Australian Science Fiction Bruce Gillespie , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: S F Commentary , April no. 91 2016; (p. 89-90)

— Review of Emergence John Birmingham , 2015 single work novel ; Clade James Bradley , 2015 single work novel ; Permutation City Greg Egan , 1994 single work novel
Book Review: Permutation City by Greg Egan Tonile Wortley , 2015 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The NSW Writers' Centre Blog

— Review of Permutation City Greg Egan , 1994 single work novel
Philosophy behind Future Shock Colin Steele , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 February 2015; (p. 22)
Geopolitics in Greg Egan's Science Fiction Darren Jorgensen , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 74 no. 1 2014; (p. 186-198)
Scanners Bruce Gillespie , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 32)

— Review of Genetic Soldier George Turner , 1994 single work novel ; Permutation City Greg Egan , 1994 single work novel
Untitled Michael Mitchell , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 13 no. 1 (Issue 37) 1996; (p. 28-31)

— Review of Permutation City Greg Egan , 1994 single work novel
Scanners Bruce Gillespie , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 32)

— Review of Genetic Soldier George Turner , 1994 single work novel ; Permutation City Greg Egan , 1994 single work novel
Books Read Recently Bruce Gillespie , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Scratch Pad 18 , July 1996; (p. 4-6)

— Review of Distress Greg Egan , 1995 single work novel ; The Memory Cathedral : A Secret History of Leonardo da Vinci Jack Dann , 1995 single work novel ; Permutation City Greg Egan , 1994 single work novel ; Eccentrics : The Scientific Investigation David Joseph Weeks , 1988 single work essay ; Old School Tie Paul Thomas , 1994 single work novel ; Lilian's Story Kate Grenville , 1985 single work novel ; Dark Places Kate Grenville , 1994 single work novel
Scanners Colin Steele , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , November no. 77 2001; (p. 49-77)

— Review of Reading by Starlight: Postmodern Science Fiction Damien Broderick , 1995 single work criticism ; Metaworlds : Best Australian Science Fiction 1994 anthology short story ; Mortal Fire : Best Australian Science Fiction 1993 anthology short story ; The Destiny Makers George Turner , 1993 single work novel ; Twilight Beach Terry Dowling , 1993 selected work short story ; Evolution Annie Rosaleen Love , 1991 selected work short story ; The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy 1998 reference bibliography biography ; Beyond the Hanging Wall Sara Douglass , 1996 single work novel ; Distress Greg Egan , 1995 single work novel ; Axiomatic Greg Egan , 1995 selected work short story ; Permutation City Greg Egan , 1994 single work novel ; Mirrorsun Rising Sean McMullen , 1995 single work novel ; Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction 1994 anthology short story ; The Opoponax Invasion John Brosnan , 1993 single work novel ; Envoy Shannah Jay , 1994 single work novel ; She's Fantastical : The First Anthology of Australian Women’s Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism And Fantasy 1995 anthology short story poetry extract ; The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 1997 anthology short story ; Time Marches Off : 2000 Years from Now Paul De Wreder , 1942 single work novel ; Dark House : Stories Compiled by Gary Crew 1995 anthology short story ; The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories 1994 anthology short story
Vastly Different Views of Australia's Future Colin Steele , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 July 1994; (p. C13)

— Review of Voices in the Light Sean McMullen , 1994 single work novel ; Permutation City Greg Egan , 1994 single work novel
An Interview with Greg Egan Russell Blackford (interviewer), 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 42 2009; (p. 16-23)
Looking Awry at Cyberpunk Through Antipodean Eyes: Reading Neal Stephenson and Greg Egan from the Margins Andrew Macrae , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , Summer vol. 13 no. 1 1998; (p. 31-43)
Tomorrow's Selfhood: Self in the Science Fiction of Greg Egan Van Ikin , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Fantastic Self : Essays on the Subject of the Self 1999; (p. 295-303)
Attempting Immortality : A1, A-Life, and the Posthuman in Greg Egan's Permutation City Ross Farnell , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Science Fiction Studies , March vol. 27 no. 1 2000; (p. 69-91)
Geopolitics in Greg Egan's Science Fiction Darren Jorgensen , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 74 no. 1 2014; (p. 186-198)
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