55 relations: An Unusual Angle, Artificial intelligence, Asimov's Science Fiction, Australia, Axiomatic (story collection), Consciousness, Diaspora (novel), Distress (novel), Ditmar Award, Epistemology, Genetics, Google Search, Greg Egan, Hao Wang (academic), Hard science fiction, Horror fiction, Hugo Award, Human sexuality, Immigration detention in Australia, Incandescence (novel), Interpretations of quantum mechanics, Interzone (magazine), John C. Baez, John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis, Library of Congress, List of science-fiction authors, Locus Award, Luminous (story collection), Mathematics, Metaphysical naturalism, Mind uploading, Neighbourhood Watch (short story), Oceanic (novella), Permutation City, Perth, Posthuman, Quarantine (Egan novel), Rationalism, Reach for Infinity, Religion, Schild's Ladder, Science fiction, Seiun Award, Simulated reality, TAP (novelette), Teranesia, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, The Moral Virologist, The Planck Dive, ..., Tor.com, University of Western Australia, Vegetarianism, Wang tile, Zendegi. Expand index (5 more) »
An Unusual Angle
An Unusual Angle (1983) was the debut novel by Australian science fiction writer Greg Egan by Norstrilia Press.
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Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals.
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Asimov's Science Fiction
Asimov's Science Fiction (ISSN 1065-2698) is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Axiomatic (story collection)
Axiomatic is a 1995 collection of short science fiction stories by Greg Egan.
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Consciousness
Consciousness is the state or quality of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself.
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Diaspora (novel)
Diaspora is a hard science fiction novel by the Australian writer Greg Egan which first appeared in print in 1997.
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Distress (novel)
Distress is a 1995 science fiction novel by Australian writer Greg Egan.
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Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction (including fantasy and horror) and science fiction fandom.
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Epistemology
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge.
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Genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.
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Google Search
Google Search, commonly referred to as Google Web Search or simply Google, is a web search engine developed by Google.
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Greg Egan
Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer.
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Hao Wang (academic)
Hao Wang (20 May 1921 – 13 May 1995) was a logician, philosopher, mathematician, and commentator on Kurt Gödel.
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Hard science fiction
Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific accuracy.
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Horror fiction
Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.
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Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are a set of literary awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
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Human sexuality
Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually.
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Immigration detention in Australia
The Government of Australia has a policy and practice of detaining in immigration detention facilities non-citizens not holding a valid visa, suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorised arrival, and those subject to deportation and removal in immigration detention until a decision is made by the immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of departure.
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Incandescence (novel)
Incandescence is a 2008 science fiction novel by Australian author Greg Egan.
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Interpretations of quantum mechanics
An interpretation of quantum mechanics is an attempt to explain how concepts in quantum mechanics correspond to reality.
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Interzone (magazine)
Interzone is a British fantasy and science fiction magazine.
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John C. Baez
John Carlos Baez (born June 12, 1961) is an American mathematical physicist and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in Riverside, California.
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John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, or Campbell Memorial Award, is an annual award presented by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best science fiction novel published in English in the preceding calendar year.
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Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
The Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis is possibly the best-known science fiction award from Germany.
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.
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List of science-fiction authors
Note that this partial list contains some authors whose works of fantastic fiction would today be called science fiction, even if they predate or did not work in that genre.
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Locus Award
The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly based in Oakland, California, United States.
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Luminous (story collection)
Luminous is a collection of short science fiction stories by Greg Egan.
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Mathematics
Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.
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Metaphysical naturalism
Metaphysical naturalism, also called ontological naturalism, philosophical naturalism, and scientific materialism is a philosophical worldview, which holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences.
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Mind uploading
Whole brain emulation (WBE), mind upload or brain upload (sometimes called "mind copying" or "mind transfer") is the hypothetical futuristic process of scanning the mental state (including long-term memory and "self") of a particular brain substrate and copying it to a computer.
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Neighbourhood Watch (short story)
"Neighbourhood Watch" is a horror short story by the author Greg Egan.
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Oceanic (novella)
"Oceanic" is a science fiction novella published in 1998 by Greg Egan.
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Permutation City
Permutation City is a 1994 science-fiction novel by Greg Egan that explores many concepts, including quantum ontology, through various philosophical aspects of artificial life and simulated reality.
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Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.
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Posthuman
Posthuman or post-human is a concept originating in the fields of science fiction, futurology, contemporary art, and philosophy that literally means a person or entity that exists in a state beyond being human.
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Quarantine (Egan novel)
Quarantine is a hard science fiction novel by Greg Egan.
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Rationalism
In philosophy, rationalism is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification".
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Reach for Infinity
Reach for Infinity is a 2014 science fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan.
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Religion
Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.
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Schild's Ladder
Schild's Ladder is a 2002 science fiction novel by Australian author Greg Egan.
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Science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.
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Seiun Award
The is a Japanese speculative fiction award for the best science fiction works and achievements during the preceding year.
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Simulated reality
Simulated reality is the hypothesis that reality could be simulated—for example by quantum computer simulation—to a degree indistinguishable from "true" reality.
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TAP (novelette)
"TAP" is a 1995 novelette by Greg Egan.
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Teranesia
Teranesia is a 1999 science fiction novel by Greg Egan.
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979.
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The Moral Virologist
"The Moral Virologist" is a science fiction short story by Greg Egan.
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The Planck Dive
"The Planck Dive" is a science fiction novelette by Australian writer Greg Egan, published in 1998.
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Tor.com
Tor.com is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, as well as an imprint of Tor Books.
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University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia.
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Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter.
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Wang tile
Wang tiles (or Wang dominoes), first proposed by mathematician, logician, and philosopher Hao Wang in 1961, are a class of formal systems.
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Zendegi
Zendegi is a science fiction novel by Australian author Greg Egan, first published in the United Kingdom by Gollancz in June 2010.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan