Sleep and the Soul

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Greg Egan: Sleep and the Soul (2023, Egan, Greg)

English language

Published May 18, 2023 by Egan, Greg.

ISBN:
978-1-922240-45-3
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5 stars (3 reviews)

3 editions

Review of 'Sleep and the Soul' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Several of the stories fell flat for me. They all have a gimmick at their core, but they don't all manage to make this gimmick interesting. The collection has two stories though that I love, and it was 100% worth getting it for those two. (Light Up The Clouds and Solidity.)

You And Whose Army? — A problem we can't relate to with a solution we can't relate to. Perhaps it's due to the extreme lack of drama. Greg Egan's writing voice is so extremely rational that it dissolves every conflict. There is no anger or hate when everyone's mental model of others is reasonable and generous. OR! Perhaps this is a metaphor. Is sharing memories through a neural link all that different from sharing them by talking? I'm not sure where that takes it. I liked the ending! While the others did sciences and stuff, Linus practiced …

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Subjects

  • Fiction, science fiction, general
  • Fiction, short stories (single author)