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Written in 1994, it portrays a highly realistic, terrifyingly plausible 2050.

It goes beyond simple "what if" scenarios to investigate what defines a self when memories are editable and death is optional. Permutation City

The story follows , a man obsessed with achieving true, eternal immortality for these Copies, who are otherwise doomed to die when their host computer hardware inevitably fails. Core Concept: The "Dust Hypothesis" Written in 1994, it portrays a highly realistic,

If a human brain can be simulated, the "pattern" of that mind is what matters, not the specific physical substrate. Core Concept: The "Dust Hypothesis" If a human

A meticulously simulated universe with different physical laws, seeded with life to evolve for billions of years.

The novel's main intellectual driver is the "Dust Hypothesis." Egan challenges the notion that consciousness requires a continuous, physical, hardware-based simulation.