 First edition cover | |
| Author | Greg Egan |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Millennium |
Publication date | 1998 |
| ISBN | 1-85798-573-7 |
| 823/.914 | |
| LC Class | PR9619.3.E35 L86 1999 |
Luminous is a collection of short science fiction stories by Greg Egan first published in 1998 by Millenium. [1]
Luminous contains the following short stories:
Writing in Vector Brian Stableford noted: "Egan's second story-collection, Luminous, is markedly better than his first. Axiomatic, and warrants comparison with such classic collections of Contes philosophiques as Jorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths and Primo Levi's The Sixth Day...This is the science fiction book of the year, and it should be on every sf lover's shelf...For good or ill, this is the shape of things to come." [2]
In SF Commentary Bruce Gillespie noted: "Greg Egan has achieved an evenness of texture and consistency of accomplishment in these stories that makes it difficult to remember them separately. They so nearly add up to one Eganworld that it’s hard to differentiate between their viewpoints. I’ve given four stars to most of them, and particularly liked 'Transition Dreams', 'Silver Fire', 'Chaff', and "The Planck Dive"." [3]
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"Singleton" is a science-fiction short story by Australian writer Greg Egan, first published in Interzone 176 in February 2002. The short story was included in the collections Crystal Nights and Other Stories and Oceanic in 2009, as well as The Best of Greg Egan in 2020. The short story is set in the same universe as Egan's short story "Oracle" and Egan's novel Schild's Ladder.
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"Dark Integers" is a science-fiction short story by Australian writer Greg Egan, first published in Asimov's Science Fiction in October/November 2007. The short story was included in the collections Dark Integers and Other Stories in 2008, Oceanic in 2009 and The Best of Greg Egan in 2020. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2008. It is a sequel to the short story "Luminous".
"Reasons to Be Cheerful" is a science-fiction short story by Australian writer Greg Egan, first published in Interzone 118 in April of 1997. The short story was included in the collections Luminous in 1998 and The Best of Greg Egan in 2020.
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"Transition Dreams" is a science-fiction short story by Australian writer Greg Egan, first published in Interzone #76 in October 1993. The short story was included in the collections Our Lady of Chernobyl in 1995 and Luminous in 1998. The short story is set in the same universe as Egan's novel Diaspora.
"Chaff" is a science-fiction novelette by Australian writer Greg Egan, first published in Interzone #78 in December 1993. The novelette was included in the anthology The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois in 1994 and in the collections Our Lady of Chernobyl in 1995, Luminous in 1998 and The Best of Greg Egan in 2019.
"Mitochondrial Eve" is a science-fiction novelette by Australian writer Greg Egan, first published in Interzone #92 in February 1995. The novelette was included in the anthology The Best of Interzone in 1997 and in the collection Luminous in 1998.
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