A name for you all....

WR---- are you talking bout author greg egan... I have been wanting to read "Diaspora" for a couple of months now, but still have yet to pick it up. His writings sound promising do they not
 
Permutaion City has some brilliant scnearios too! The thing starts out with a character that wakes up as a digital copy of himself in a tangible 3D world with all five his senses functioning and he can even conjure up a menu out of empty air to transform his surroundings or call up the non-digital version of himself. I've never read it but I've been reading about it and the ideas that shaped it a lot lately. Just outstanding.