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The Singleton Universe gets its name from the short-story Singleton. It has a fairly subtle but intricately woven reach, which is to say that it's not always immediately obvious that a story is set in this universe.

In the Singleton Universe, mankind and its posthuman descendants are the only sapient species known to exist in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Recurring elements[]

Works[]

  • Oracle
    Taking place in an alternate timeline from the other stories, Oracle is set after Singleton in the narrative, but involves time-travel, putting it first in the chronological order.
  • Permutation City (debatable)
    ~2050 A.D.
    Exoselves are a thing, but that might just be recycled terminology (though Egan doesn't seem to be the type for that).
  • Singleton
    Singleton takes place in the chronological whereabouts to Permutation City and details Qusp origins.
  • Schild's Ladder
    ~23 000 A.D.
    Effortlessly the richest source of information about the Singleton Universe.
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