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A young man from the war-torn Middle East escapes into an alternate future, in which he and hundreds of other asylum seekers are locked up by the inhabitants of the more 'enlightened' time in which they land.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Starry Rift : Tales of New Tomorrows : An Original Science Fiction Anthology Jonathan Strahan (editor), New York (City) : Viking , 2008 Z1460204 2008 anthology short story science fiction young adult New York (City) : Viking , 2008 pg. 337-374
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Oceanic Greg Egan , London : Gollancz , 2009 Z1614734 2009 selected work novella short story science fiction

    Collected together for the first time are twelve stories by the incomparable Greg Egan, one of those most exciting writers of science fiction working today.

    In these glimpses into the future Egan continues to explore the essence of what it is to be human, and the nature of what - and who - we are, in stories that range from parables of contemporary human conflict and ambition to far-future tales of our immortal descendants.

    Return to the universe of the meta-civilisation known as the Amalgam, which Egan explored in his critically acclaimed novel Incandescence: 'Riding the Crocodile', which recounts an epic endeavour a million years from now to bridge the divide between the Amalgam and the reclusive Aloof; 'Glory', set in the same future, in which two archaeologists strive to decipher the artefacts of an ancient civilisation, and 'Hot Rock', where an obscure, sunless world conceals mind-spinning technological marvels, bitter fractional struggles, and a many-layered secret history.

    This superb collection also includes the title story, the Hugo Award-winning 'Oceanic': a boy is inducted into a religion that becomes centre of his life, but as an adult he must face evidence that casts a new light on his faith.

    Oceanic: travel into the worlds of the future in the hands of a master craftsman. (Publisher's blurb)

    London : Gollancz , 2009
    pg. 1-31
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Crystal Nights and Other Stories Greg Egan , Michigan : Subterranean Press , 2009 Z1754786 2009 selected work short story science fiction Michigan : Subterranean Press , 2009 pg. 11-37
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Time Traveler's Almanac Ann VanderMeer (editor), Jeff VanderMeer (editor), New York (City) : Tor , 2014 10467468 2014 anthology short story

    An anthology of time-travel fiction.

    New York (City) : Tor , 2014
    pg. 541-560
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon ビット・プレイヤ Bit Players and Other Stories Greg Egan , Makoto Yamagishi (editor), Makoto Yamagishi (translator), Tokyo : Hayakawa-shobō , 2019 24040293 2019 selected work short story science fiction Tokyo : Hayakawa-shobō , 2019
Alternative title: Le continent perdu
Language: French
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Oceanic Greg Egan , London : Gollancz , 2009 Z1614734 2009 selected work novella short story science fiction

    Collected together for the first time are twelve stories by the incomparable Greg Egan, one of those most exciting writers of science fiction working today.

    In these glimpses into the future Egan continues to explore the essence of what it is to be human, and the nature of what - and who - we are, in stories that range from parables of contemporary human conflict and ambition to far-future tales of our immortal descendants.

    Return to the universe of the meta-civilisation known as the Amalgam, which Egan explored in his critically acclaimed novel Incandescence: 'Riding the Crocodile', which recounts an epic endeavour a million years from now to bridge the divide between the Amalgam and the reclusive Aloof; 'Glory', set in the same future, in which two archaeologists strive to decipher the artefacts of an ancient civilisation, and 'Hot Rock', where an obscure, sunless world conceals mind-spinning technological marvels, bitter fractional struggles, and a many-layered secret history.

    This superb collection also includes the title story, the Hugo Award-winning 'Oceanic': a boy is inducted into a religion that becomes centre of his life, but as an adult he must face evidence that casts a new light on his faith.

    Oceanic: travel into the worlds of the future in the hands of a master craftsman. (Publisher's blurb)

    Océanique
    France : Le Bélial , 2009
    pg. 569-610
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