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Distress
Distress
Author: Greg Egan
Investigative reporter Andrew Worth turns down a documentary on a mysterious new mental illness -- "Distress," or acute clinical anxiety syndrome, for another assignment. He's on his way to the artifical island of Stateless, where the world's top physicists are gathering to decide on a new TOE, or Theory of Everything, to replace Einstein's outm...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061057274
ISBN-10: 0061057274
Publication Date: 2/1/1998
Pages: 464
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Publisher: Eos
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Full of thought-provoking ideas, like all his books, but also has a stronger sense of narrative than some of the others. I got really into it by the second half and couldn't put it down. My favorite Egan book.
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true sci fi great read. a mysterious new mental illness, scientists trying to replace einsteins theory, the countdown has begun for a disaster that will reach all the way back to the big bang and beyond.
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Really good. I had trouble putting it down to go to sleep at night. Very engrossing.


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