I have been trying to put into words how I feel about this novel by Greg Egan. This novel leans very far into the “hard sci-fi” side of the spectrum and it isn’t for everyone. Egan is a mathematician and a software engineer and those areas of expertise are relied on heavily to craft the world we inhabit in Diaspora. I have...
This novella fits well under the larger umbrella of speculative fiction I think. It feels like magical realism with a touch of science fiction and having fairy tale elements....