LUMINOUS

LUMINOUS collects together one original story plus nine previouslyunpublished in book form. Greg Egan's short fiction is at the cutting edgeof the genre. His stories range from near future predictions to far future,far space improvisations. His grasp of the latest scientific breakthroughsis unparalleled in science fiction. The stories include 'TransitionDreams', 'Cocoon', 'Our Lady of Chernobyl', the title story 'Luminous' and'The Planck Drive'. Egan's particular interests range from the farthershores of chaos theory and black hole science to bio-technology andcloning.