Permutation City by Greg Egan

Jan Book Club, featuring Permutation City by Greg Egan

Starts
Thursday, January 17th at 7:00 pm
Ends
Thursday, January 17th at 9:00 pm

January Book Club

Permutation City by Greg Egan

The good news is that you have just awakened into Eternal Life. You are going to live forever. Immortality is a reality. A medical miracle? Not exactly. The bad news is that you are a scrap of electronic code. The world you see around you, the you that is seeing it, has been digitized, scanned, and downloaded into a virtual reality program. You are a Copy that knows it is a copy. The good news is that there is a way out. By law, every Copy has the option of terminating itself, and waking up to normal flesh-and-blood life again. The bail-out is on the utilities menu. You pull it down... The bad news is that it doesn't work. Someone has blocked the bail-out option. And you know who did it. You did. The other you. The real you. The one that wants to keep you here forever.

Food and beverages provided. Suggested donation $4 (students $2). FREE for Friends of the Centre