Greg Egan

Australian science fiction writer and former computer programmer · Australia · Writers · Born 1961 · age 65

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Greg Egan 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 Locus Award.

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2010“If we spend all our time gazing at the wonders ahead without remembering where we're standing right now, we're going to trip and fall flat on our face, over and over again.”In their wordsCh. 1Read the whole statement

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short StoryAwardIgnotus Award for Best Foreign NovelAwardSeiun Award for Best Translated Short StoryAward2006Seiun Award for Best Translated Long WorkAward2005Seiun Award for Best Translated Long WorkAward2003Seiun Award for Best Translated Short StoryAward2002Seiun Award for Best Translated Short StoryAward2000“The swell was gently lifting and lowering the boat.”In their wordsOceanic, ch. 1Read the whole statement

Locus Award for Best NoveletteAwardPremio GigameshAward1999Hugo Award for Best NovellaAwardLocus Award for Best NoveletteAwardLocus Award for Best NovellaAwardPremio GigameshAward1995“Gambling is a kind of tax: a tax on stupidity. A tax on greed.”In their wordsEugeneRead the whole statement

“Screw every known human culture.”In their wordsDistress (1995)Read the whole statement

“No one grows up. That’s one of the sickest lies they ever tell you. People change. People compromise.”In their wordsDistress (1995)Read the whole statement

“All right. He's dead. Go ahead and talk to him.”In their wordsDistress (1995)Read the whole statement

John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction NovelAward1961Born20 August 1961

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If we spend all our time gazing at the wonders ahead without remembering where we're standing right now, we're going to trip and fall flat on our face, over and over again.
2010, Ch. 1, Own words
On his eighteenth day in the tiger cage, Robert Stoney began to lose hope of emerging unscathed.
Jul 2000, Oracle, published in Asimov's (July 2000), Own words
The swell was gently lifting and lowering the boat.
2000, Oceanic, ch. 1, Own words