Greg Egan
To-read. Surfaced via Children of Time → Consciousness Upload and Bio-Synthetic Minds as the most rigorous fictional treatment of mind uploading and identity.
Australian hard-SF writer known for ideas-first fiction grounded in real math and physics — especially consciousness, identity, and the nature of reality.
Where to start
- Permutation City (1994) — uploaded minds, simulated realities, the continuity-of-identity problem. The direct rec from the upload note.
- Diaspora (1997) — posthuman/software minds; deep-future scope.
- Axiomatic (1995) — short-story collection; a good low-commitment entry point.
Why
- Ties directly to Consciousness Upload and Bio-Synthetic Minds.
- Adjacent to Neural Networks and Brain Scaling and Emergent and Collective Intelligence.