©2024 Fable Group Inc.
3.5 

Uncanny Valley

By Greg Egan
Uncanny Valley by Greg Egan digital book - Fable

Publisher Description

Immortality, but at what price, in what form, and how could you be you? Find out in Greg Egan's "Uncanny Valley," a Tor.com Original short story

In the near future it’s possible to build a new you, a better you, one that could carry on forever. But if you could carry on, if you could make choices about who you would be forever, how much of your past would you bring with you? Would you be tempted to maybe…edit? Adam isn’t all that he used to be, but he wants to be.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download the free Fable app

app book lists

Stay organized

Keep track of what you’re reading, what you’ve finished, and what’s next.
app book recommendations

Build a better TBR

Swipe, skip, and save with our smart list-building tool
app book reviews

Rate and review

Share your take with other readers with half stars, emojis, and tags
app comments

Curate your feed

Meet readers like you in the Fable For You feed, designed to build bookish communities
app book lists

Stay organized

Keep track of what you’re reading, what you’ve finished, and what’s next.
app book recommendations

Build a better TBR

Swipe, skip, and save with our smart list-building tool
app book reviews

Rate and review

Share your take with other readers with half stars, emojis, and tags
app comments

Curate your feed

Meet readers like you in the Fable For You feed, designed to build bookish communities

7 Reviews

3.5
“I read in English but this review is in Bahasa Indonesia "...If you grew up believing that Facebook could give you ‘news’ and Google could give you ‘information,’ your expectations for quality control would already be nonexistent.” Rekomendasi Kobo kali ini berupa cerita tentang kehidupan di masa depan yang mana seseorang punya pilihan untuk menjadi abadi. Pilihan itu pun juga nantinya bisa diubah layaknya sebuah setelan akun. Mau berapa persen dari kisah masa lalu yang terpasang di "tubuh" barunya itu. Adam bangun dalam keadaan bingung. Ia berusaha mencari tahu dan merangkai ingatan dalam memorinya. Ada yang memanggilnya "sixty" karena 60% dari dirinya mirip dengan Carlos. Pengacara datang dan membicarakan harta, hal yang semakin membuat ia bingung. Ia pun berusaha mencari tahu, sebenarnya apa yang terjadi dan siapa Carlos itu. Uncanny Valley menarikku sejak premisnya. Kehidupan utopis dimana ingatan bisa diunggah ke cloud untuk sewaktu-waktu diunduh kembali. Prosesnya pun tinggal ditancapkan saja di leher seperti kita menancapkan kandar kilas di komputer. Lalu, semua prosesnya berjalan tanpa rasa sakit sedikit pun. Cerita pendek tulisan Greg Egan ini rupanya cukup membuatku terhibur ketika tidak bisa tidur. Hanya 54 halaman, aku rasa bisa dijadikan selingan bacaan kala jenuh. “That was more than thirty years ago,” Adam replied. “I’m a different person now.” “Aren’t we all?””

About Greg Egan

Greg Egan published his first story in 1983, and followed it with thirteen novels, six short story collections, and more than fifty short stories. During the early 1990s Egan published a body of short fiction – mostly hard science fiction focused on mathematical and quantum ontological themes – that established him as one of the most important writers working in the field. His work has won the Hugo, John W Campbell Memorial, Locus, Aurealis, Ditmar, and Seiun awards. His latest book is a novel, Dichronauts, first in a new science fiction universe.

Start a Book Club

Start a public or private book club with this book on the Fable app today!

FAQ

Do I have to buy the ebook to participate in a book club?

Why can’t I buy the ebook on the app?

How is Fable’s reader different from Kindle?

Do you sell physical books too?

Are book clubs free to join on Fable?

How do I start a book club with this book on Fable?

Error Icon
Save to a list
0
/
30
0
/
100
Private List
Private lists are not visible to other Fable users on your public profile.
Notification Icon
Fable uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB