The story follows , a man obsessed with achieving true, eternal immortality for these Copies, who are otherwise doomed to die when their host computer hardware inevitably fails. Core Concept: The "Dust Hypothesis"
Permutation City is a deep dive into existential, post-humanist questions, ultimately questioning whether a copy is truly "alive" or merely a functional, haunted simulation. Permutation City
Copies, including the character Peer, learn to rewrite their own personalities, memories, and emotions, exploring the philosophical limits of identity and "me-ness". Why It’s Essential SF The story follows , a man obsessed with
It goes beyond simple "what if" scenarios to investigate what defines a self when memories are editable and death is optional. Why It’s Essential SF It goes beyond simple
Durham launches a virtual world built on the "Autoverse," a system allowing for infinite, self-replicating computational nodes, promising infinite life to its inhabitants.
If a human brain can be simulated, the "pattern" of that mind is what matters, not the specific physical substrate.