Luminous - Greg Egan

This is an opinion on the collection of short stories collected under the title: Luminous. My copy of this was provided for me by a friend who wanted me to read one of the stories it contains. She kept telling me that I should read it and I said that I would. Then, fed up with my apathy I imagine, she told me that she'd mail me a copy. Imagining that she meant a print out or photocopy I said great and then this gorgeous little book arrives in the post. Many thanks Arwen although you'll never read this I'm sure. My copy is a paperback, slightly wider than usual with a mandelbrot set (a fancy computer generated image or fractal) on the front surrounded ...