I havent yet read permutation city but Diaspora is one of my favorite sci-fi novels. I need to make time for it

Diaspora gives me shivers just thinking about it. Permutation City is fun, but not as inspiring as Diaspora.

He - rightly, and often - makes these rounds here when simulacrums are at hand. Well deserved.-

there's a short story in his anthology that is a sequel to diaspora. oceanic.

I had no idea it was related to diaspora. After reading only the first few paragraphs I can't wait to read it all. Thank you!

tbh a number of the other short stories could be considered prequels to diaspora.

Permutation City is briljant - Greg Egan has many (free) stories exploring physics on his website: https://www.gregegan.net/

Egan is one of those rare writers where reading his book made me realize just how much smarter he is than me. Not even in a negative way, it's simply like listening to a lecture by a brilliant, brilliant man.

I finished that book yesterday. I had exactly the same reaction.