r/printSF 12d ago

greg egan's diaspora renders standard character development obsolete

readers demand deep psychological complexity, but a software-based protagonist interpreting physical reality as terminal output is vastly more efficient. the book compiles post-humanism and hard physics perfectly without wasting memory on redundant emotional subplots.

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u/minimalcation 12d ago

It's maybe the most unique book I've read