''Instantiation'' is a collection of eleven science-fiction short stories by
Australian
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writer
Greg Egan
Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, and the Lo ...
, published in 2020.
Contents
Reception
Reviews
Russell Letson, writing in the ''
Locus Magazine
''Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field'', founded in 1968, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, California. It is the news organ and trade journal for the English-language science fiction and fantasy fields. ...
'', claims that the short stories "Bit Players", "3-adica", and "Instantiation" all "outline the technical-legal problems of AI personhood as artificial personalities try to escape the virtual-reality game worlds that they have been programmed into." For "Bit Players", he adds that "is so sloppily worked out that newly generated character Sagreda intuitively knows that the physics can’t be consistent." For "3-adica", he adds that it contains "a game employing a topology based on an exotic number theory", which he "still can’t quite follow, though the bit players do, to their eventual benefit."
Awards
"The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine" was a finalist for the
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best short science fiction story ...
in 2018 and reached the 4th place of Asimov's Reader Poll in 2018.
"Zero for Conduct" reached the 10th place of the
Locus Award for Best Novelette
The Locus Award for Best Novelette is one of a series of Locus Awards given annually by Locus Magazine
''Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field'', founded in 1968, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, Califor ...
in 2014.
"Uncanny Valley" was nominated for the
British SF Association Award in 2018 and won the Japanese
Seiun Award
The is a Japanese speculative fiction award given each year for the best science fiction works and achievements during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by , the awards are given at the annual Nihon SF Taikai, Japan Science Fic ...
in 2020.
"Seventh Sight" reached the 31st place at the Locus Award for Best Novelette in 2015 and was nominated for the Japanese Seiun Award in 2017.
"Shadow Flock" reached th 34th place at the Locus Award for Best Novelette in 2015.
"Bit Players" was nominated for the Japanese Seiun Award in 2020.
"3-adica" reached the 3rd place of Asimov's Readers Poll in 2019.
References
External links
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Short story collections by Greg Egan
2020 short story collections