Thoughts about Greg Egan's "Oceanic"?

[Wrath of the Swarm]

I couldn't find any discussion of Greg Egan on these boards, which I found surprising. Would anyone like to critique his work, either this story or others of his that you've read? I'm curious as to his reception here at the JREF boards...

Oceanic (http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/OCEANIC/Complete/Oceanic.html)

[davidhorman]

I read Schild's Ladder and thought it was pretty good, but toward the end I started skimming the heavy maths and quantum mechanics. His short story Luminous (from the collection of the same name) had a similar theme but was a better story.

Two other short stories stood out in that collection for me - Cocoon, which dealt with the future reawakening of prejudice against homosexuality when science gives people a way to eradicate it, and Reasons to be Cheerful, in which a man loses his ability to feel happy, then later has it artificially restored.

David

[Hexxenhammer]

Haven't read Oceanic, but I really liked Quarantine. Very cool hard SF buried in a Noir story.

[sorgoth]

Originally posted by Wrath of the Swarm
I couldn't find any discussion of Greg Egan on these boards, which I found surprising. Would anyone like to critique his work, either this story or others of his that you've read? I'm curious as to his reception here at the JREF boards...

Oceanic (http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/OCEANIC/Complete/Oceanic.html)

Thanks for the link, I really enjoyed that story.