Greg EganScience Fiction · Fiction·b. 1961
Diaspora
Synopsis
In the thirtieth century, humanity has fractured. Most have uploaded their consciousness into digital polises, while others inhabit robotic bodies. A few 'fleshers' cling to their organic existence on a changed Earth. When a catastrophic event threatens the fleshers and hints at a larger existential danger to all of humanity, a unique digital being known as the Orphan must lead a group of refugees on a desperate journey. Their search for answers will take them beyond the known universe into realms previously unimagined.
How it reads
Prose complexity 10/10