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Death and the Gorgon - Greg Egan (asimovs.com)
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Begrudgingly Yeast (@begrudginglyyeast.bsky.social) on bsky informed me that I should read this short story called 'Death and the Gorgon' by Greg Egan as he has a good handle on the subjects/subjects we talk about. We have talked about Greg before on Reddit.

I was glad I did, so going to suggest that more people he do it. The only complaint you can have is that it gives no real 'steelman' airtime to the subjects/subjects it is being negative about. But well, he doesn't have to, he isn't the guardian. Anyway, not going to spoil it, best to just give it a read.

And if you are wondering, did the lesswrongers also read it? Of course: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hx5EkHFH5hGzngZDs/comment-on-death-and-the-gorgon (Warning, spoilers for the story)

(Note im not sure this pdf was intended to be public, I did find it on google, but might not be meant to be accessible this way).

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[-] 5teverin0@mastodon.social 2 points 10 hours ago

@Soyweiser I just noticed a day or so ago, after I got involved in this thread, that I have Permutation City in my To Read in #TheStoryGraph, so maybe that's where I'll dive in. I have finally shed my reluctance to quit books I don't care for, so if it doesn't work out, I'll just move on and try another if his

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 1 points 9 hours ago

I also added his name to a 'to read' list when he was brought up on reddit before our exodus, but simply had not come to it. Other things drew my attention more. (like the murderbot series for example).

[-] BioMan@awful.systems 2 points 9 hours ago

Permutation city is great. Turns a sudden 90 degrees halfway through and you realize it wasn't the book you thought it was. I loved Diaspora, Dichronauts, Schild's Ladder, most short story collections. Not a fan of Quarantine.

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