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by Greg Egan (Author)

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As a young boy, Prabir Suresh lives with his parents and sister on an otherwise uninhabited island in a remote part of the Indonesian peninsula. Prabir names it Teranesia, populating it with imaginary creatures even stranger than the evolutionarily puzzling butterflies that his parents are studying. Civil war strikes, orphaning Prabir and his sister.

Eighteen years later, rumours of bizarre new species of plants and animals being discovered in the peninsula that was their childhood home draw Prabir's sister back to the island - Prabir cannot bear for her to have gone out alone and he follows, persuading a pharmaceutical researcher to take him along as a guide.

Length: 299 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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"Cognitive wonder at its challenging best." --Locus

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Egan¿s best novel to date. Sold out in trade editions.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 909 KB
Print Length: 299 pages
Publisher: Gollancz (30 December 2010)
Sold by: Hachette Book Group (AU)
Language: English
ASIN: B004JHY8IA
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #685,646 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Jenny

... stars for anything because at this point I just love his voice

4 June 2017 - Published on Amazon.com

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I can't really imagine myself giving Egan fewer than 5 stars for anything because at this point I just love his voice. This is my sixth book of his I've read since Halloween, when I was gifted Permutation City.
Terenesia, I would say, is perhaps his most sweet and lovely -- the scene of Prabir and Madhusree at the beach and their beautiful understanding... The almost circular storytelling and, as always, drama that does not made me feel taken advantage of. (Perhaps this is why people feel it's boring or ineffectual; to them I say, "I think it's you.")
He is the king of subtlety in his plots, interpersonal communication, motifs... and his philosophies so align with mine I feel his works are a blessing to all of us (though do we believe in blessings anyway?)
Egan if you're out there, I wonder how you feel about the work of the late Denis Johnson. Other than a couple of my friends you and he stand side by side as my favorite writers.
Thank you.

Ron Kropp

taking too long to unfold, but still fantastic!

24 November 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

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I had to give up on this book, about 40% through. An interesting story, with interesting people, but no sci-fi yet. I'm sure sure it's there, somewhere in the last half of the book. I just lost interest.

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A few weeks later, I picked-up where I left-off, and I am glad I did. Some fascinating concepts with genetics and quantum entanglement. Literally gave me goose bumps, and a cold, shivering chill, as the "science" of Teranesia unfolded. I would love to see a 2nd novel pick-up where this story ended.

Kindle is quite helpful, when reading Greg Egan's books. I find myself selecting words, phrases, concepts, and places, then using the built-in dictionary, and also Wikipedia, and the Web, to research and learn. It's a great challenge, having to "think", to understand the tech in his books.

PAL3

Imaginative and powerful

5 August 2018 - Published on Amazon.com

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Egan delivers another classic narrative. The characters are well developed and their stories are emotionally powerful. The book's main plot is original and thought provoking with equally thought provoking secondary diversions provided along the way.

Jeremy Wright

Good story

30 November 2016 - Published on Amazon.com

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I love Greg Egan, and this was no exception. It was a pretty short read, but kept me interested, and had a neat take on the possibilities of evolution.

Andrew X. Lias

Hard Science + Good Characterization = Great Story

28 October 1999 - Published on Amazon.com

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Make no mistake, this is a character driven novel. Some of Egan's fans have apparently been put off by this. Don't be. This is a hard SF book, through and through, and it goes a long way towards dispelling the myth that hard science in SF means shallow plotting and characterizations. The central biological mystery, in particular, has a very satisfying and imaginative resolution.
Egan says that he'll be returning to dense physics in his next book, but that he's going to continue striving to make plot and character central elements of his works. I find this a refreshing attitude and wish him luck in doing so.

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