Diaspora

by Egan, Greg

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HarperPrism: Morrow/Avon, 1998. First Printing of the First Edition (stated). An orphan in the form of a digital being is born into a world that is not a world, making its way amidst an environment of re-designed humanity, probes, satellites, servers, and the Solar System a vast 'scape' - while others opt to become Gleisners, 'living' in disposable robotic bodies and still in contact with the physical world... and then the 'Holdouts' left behind in the muck and jungle of Earth. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains glossary, references, 290pp. A very nice copy.. ISBN: 0-06-105281-7. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, Novels, Fantasy.

Book summary

In the future, most of earth's human population has rid themselves of their troublesome corporeal bodies. Instead, they live as minds within giant computers. The few humans who choose to remain outside the computers are referred to as "fleshers." This novel follows the development of an "orphan"--a mind born without a human precursor--named Yatima, and the quest to save the fleshers from a cosmological tragedy .