[MURG] SF on MU

[David Hatch]

IMO no-one does it better than Greg Egan. He is the flat out king on this theme. Very technical... has thought throught the implications and has taking the idea to the extreme. I am currently re-re reading Permutation City. Another great one is Diaspora.

Ben Houston <ben at exocortex.org> wrote: It's a pretty common theme in Science Fiction. I just read "Schild's
Ladder" by Greg Egan which also explores some aspects of mind uploading.

-ben
http://www.exocortex.org/ben 

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> I have come accross a science fiction author who has covered an aspect
of
> mind uploading through his current two novels.
> 
> Richard Morgan:-
> Altered Carbon
> Broken Angels
> 
> They cover the social aspects of MU and the ability to (as termed in
his
> books) "sleeve" in and out of diffrent shells/bodies. He also reminds
us
> of
> the fact that while we could live forever, we may not be immortal.
> 
> A definate must-read to broaden perspectives on how MU might be in the
> future.
> 
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