The Amalgam spans the entire galaxy, and is composed of innumerable beings from a variety of races, some human or near it, some entirely other. The one place that they cannot go is the bulge, the bright, hot center of the galaxy. There dwell the Aloof, who for millions of years have deflected any and all attempts to communicate with or visit them.
The story of a man with a vision - immortality : for those who can afford it is found in cyberspace. Permutation city is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes something way beyond his control. Encompassing the lives and struggles of an artificial life junkie desperate to save her dying mother, a billionaire banker scarred by a terrible crime, ...
THE HUNDRED LIGHT YEAR DIARY - Scientists can bounce messages from the future backto the present, but there's no guarantee they'll tell the truth ...LEARNING TO BE ME-Crystalline minds may take the place of human brains, but where does the self really lie? CLOSER - Lovers exchange bodies and minds,but their experiments go just that little bit too far, proving that you can have too much of a good .
In 2012, journalist Martin Seymour travels to Iran to cover the parliamentary elections. With most would-be candidates disqualified, this turns out to be the expected non-event. Nasim Golestani, a Iranian scientist living in exile in the United States, is hoping to work on the Human Connectome Project.