Distress

'One of the genre's great ideas men' Times

On the utopian, man-made island, Stateless, Nobel Prize winner Violet Mosala is close to solving the greatest problem of her career - the quest for the ultimate Theory of Everything (TOE) is almost over. Burned out by recording the abuses of biotech for his TV news syndicate, Andrew Worth grabs the chance to follow Violet's story. In contrast the world of theoretical physics seems like an anaesthetised mathematical heaven, where everything is cool and abstract. He could not have been more wrong. One by on Mosala's rival quantum physicists are disappearing from the scientific summit at 'Stateless. But why? Is it something to do with Violet herself, or is there some other, more esoteric, force at work undermining the Theory of Everything Conference?

About the Author

Greg Egan lives in Perth, Western Australia. He has won the John W Campbell Award For Best Novel and has been short listed for the Hugo Award three times.

Previous Books:
Zendegi (Bfmt 9780575086203 Sep 11);
Oceanic;
Incandescence;
Permutation City;
Luminous;
Distress

Other titles by Greg Egan

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