Books by Greg Egan
Incandescence The Amalgam spans the nearly entire galaxy, and is composed of innumerable beings from a wild 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. So when Rakesh is offered an opportunity to travel within their sphere, in search of a lost race, he cannot turn it down. Roi is a member of that lost race, which is not only lost to the Amalgam, but lost to itself. In their world, there is but toil, and history and science are luxuries that they can ill afford. When she meets Zak, the male who will become her teacher and mentor, everything starts to change. Their strange world is under threat, and it will take an unprecedented flowering of science to save it. Rakesh’s journey will take him across millennia and light years. Roi’s will take her across vistas of learning and discovery just as vast. Greg Egan’s blend of dazzling speculation and gripping storytelling will leave you stunned by the depth of his intellectual rigor and the wondrous world of the deep future that he has created. Praise for Greg Egan “Egan has a keen talent for extrapolation, a vivid imagination and a passion for intellectual banter. ” — San Francisco Examiner “Fans of hard SF that incorporates higher mathematics and provocative hypotheses about future evolution are sure to be fascinated by Egan’s speculations.” — Publishers Weekly, on Diaspora “Vast in scope, episodic, complex and utterly compelling.” — Kirkus Reviews, on Diaspora “This is what SF is supposed to be: a literature of dazzling, brain-bending, universe-expanding ideas designed to challenge. [...] With a storyteller like Greg Egan in the house, the world — not just the world of SF — is a much saner place.” — SF Reviews.net, on Distress
“An immensely enjoyable and provocative book, awash in the kind of intellectual excitement that only SF can provide. It’ll set your brain on fire.” — Fantasy & Science Fiction, on Distress
Science Fiction / 978-1-59780-128-7 / 264 Pages / $24.95 / Hardcover Read the first chapter of Incancescence! Read short stories set in the same universe as Incandescence! Watch the trailers on YouTube! Read interviews with Greg Egan! Visit the Incandescence section of Greg Egan’s website for background on the science used in the novel. ________________________________________ Greg Egan Greg Egan is the winner of the Hugo Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and a slew of other awards. He is the author of several novels, such as Diaspora, Teranesia, and Schild’s Ladder, as well as the books in his Subjective Cosmology Cycle. His short fiction has appeared in Eidolon, Asimov’s, and Interzone, as well as in numerous anthologies, and is frequently reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction. He lives in Australia. To learn more, visit his website. 
a July 2008 release
