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By mykami 77 days ago from http://staticmultimedia.com

Incandescence, the long-awaited novel by science fiction writer Greg Egan, is much like his other works in that it is a paean to science. Indeed, the entire plot is based on the idea that the road to scientific exploration and discovery leads to personal satisfaction.

Egan depicts two separate journeys on that road, that of Rakesh and Parantham and of Roi and Zak. Rakesh and Parantham are two friends very much fascinated with the Aloof, a mysterious race of beings living in the bulge, which is the center of the galaxy. The Aloof are just that; they recoil from any contact, both physical and digital communication, and they allow no one to pass through their world.