It might look, at first glance, like a plot we've already seen hashed out ad nauseam, but have faith in Egan's ability to create stunning, complex futures, with grand themes given a human dimension: he delivers something extraordinary, with no easy answers. Then Martin asks her to try for something that seems impossible, just as conservative politicians are catching wind of the ethical implications of Zendegi. She's developing increasingly complex virtual characters by drawing on her prior research on the brain. By now Nasim is working on a virtual gaming world called Zendegi. Martin and Nasim are thrown together 15 years later, when Martin's family is shattered by tragedy. and working on the Human Connectome Project, watches from her distant vantage point, hoping to return as soon as an opportunity presents itself. Nasim Golestani, an Iranian expat living in the U.S. They are, as expected, a nonevent, but when a government official is caught in a particularly compromising position, a cascade of world-changing events follows. *Starred Review* Martin Seymour is in Iran to cover parliamentary elections in 2012.
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