Zendegi

by Greg Egan

Genres: Science Fiction

Synopsis

Nasim is a young computer scientist working on Zendegi; a virtual world used by millions. When a map of every neural connection to the human brain is published, Nasim decides to exploit it to fill Zendegi with Proxies: the bit-players that bring its crowd scenes to life. Then a friend with terminal cancer begs Nasim to make a Proxy of him, but Zendegi is about to become a battlefield...

Publisher: Night Shade Books

Print pages: 300