Permutation City Blog

America tries to skip out of its responsibilty to pay of the nation debt. The Network decides to fix the next election to ensure full payment. When the presidential candidate has a chip in his head a puppet government has a different meaning. While I liked this book it doesn't have as much technical character as Stephenson's other books.

A story of two parts. One follows a traditional themes for Egan dealing with software sentience, it's transfer into real bodies, and the exploration of the galaxy. The other is from alien viewpoint as they explore the way their world works and what will happen to it. Although I enjoyed this it didn't seem to add much new to Egan's work.