Talk:Greg Egan

message: Why is this in the category of Australian computer programmers?  --198.160.96.7 (talk) 19:39, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, that's a tricky one, but my guess is that it's because Greg Egan (a) is Australian, and (b) says on the front page of his own website "I am a science fiction author and computer programmer". Acasson (talk) 23:18, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Computer Programmer

message: Is there a picture available to use of Egan anywhere on the net?
There is a picture on Facebook in a users group paying tribute to his work, but unfortunately everyone there is fairly sure its the *wrong* Greg Egan.
It would be nice to know what the man actually looks like.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.123.251 (talk) 13:37, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, there is not. See https://www.gregegan.net/ESSAYS/GOOGLE/Google.html – Fayenatic London 16:31, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

text: It would be contrary to the wishes of Mr. Egan to include an image on this page, as he's known to have expressed a desire for anonymity. Atomic putty? Rien! (talk)  (talk) 18:42, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture Of The Author?

message: Trivia sections on Wikipedia are considered very bad form. All imformation within this section should be dispersed to apropriate places within the article. --The_stuart 18:26, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've confirmed it for the story The Planck Dive. Has anyone confirmed it with the other stories?   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.111.178 (talk) 13:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia section

message: Just some observations on how the stories tie together. Those who are interested in more non-encyclopaedic analysis may find my page on the subject interesting (when it's finished at least): http://alcopop.org/media/fiction/egan/ . -- Jon Dowland 10:06, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  short story footnotes 

message: Right now there are years of first publication listed for all the novels but not for the short stories.  I'm willing (and inclined) to dredge all the years out of the bibliography on his website and incorporate them.  Does anyone object?  It'll probably take half an hour or more so I don't want to do it and then get reverted. 4.89.246.163 00:40, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add years for all the short stories? 

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 16:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: I removed the picture from the article which was added by an unlogged in user on 29th September (forgot to log in myself though, doh!)
It's completely out of place in the article, doesn't conform to Wikipedia image guidelines and is a pretty ugly picture to be put in the middle of an article!
If you want to add it, please discuss why you think it would make a good addition on the talk page first, as well as making sure you can legally upload and use the picture.
Grahamhopgood 13:43, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed picture 

message: In one of the stories that Greg Egan wrote there's a section about a picture where John Howard is a small lice  trying to suck on an appendage of bigger picture of George Bush. There are also other world leaders on there as well each sucking on an appendage of a bigger leader. 
Has there been any artwork that is similar that was either the inspiration for the greg egan story or was inspired by the story? What was the story called?
:Can't answer your other questions but the story was Chaff (and published in 1993, pre-George W. Bush).  AnimalExtender (talk) 03:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: political picture

message: In the Awards section of this page there is the following statement: "Egan was nominated for award of the 2000 Ditmar Award for best novel with Teranesia. He declined the award, which resulted in any of his future works being ineligible for the award."  It is true that Egan declined the nomination of his novel in 2000, but I don't think that the rest of the sentence holds true.  If he stated, in 2000, that he declined the Ditmar Award nomination for his novel Teranesia and all future works then that is a different matter.  Just because he declined one nomination does not automatically preclude him from other nominations.Perry Middlemiss (talk) 23:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ditmar Awards 

message: Removed Japanese books from the collections list since I think they don't fit in English wikipedia.
*Oceanic and Other Stories (2000),  
*Reasons to Be Cheerful and Other Stories (2003),  
--Fukumoto (talk) 17:07, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed Japanese collections 

message: Removed the following quotation from New Scientist from the top of the article:
: "The Universe may be stranger than we can imagine, but it's going to have a tough time outdoing Egan."
The problem is not the content of this quotation, but the style of presentation, which is not appropriate for Wikipedia (and you won't find comparable examples in other well-written articles). If you wish to include this quotation, it should be worked into the main text in a suitable place, and accompanied by an objective commentary.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acasson (talk • contribs) 13:03, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed New Scientist quote 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: Having read your novels, I believe that you're exactly the sort of eccentric author who may feel the urge to visit his own Wikipedia page from time to time. If that's the case, I've left this as a little easter egg for you! Also, check out this link. Happy Wikipedia-ing, and gotcha. Atomic putty? Rien! (talk)  (talk) 18:53, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  '''Hi, Greg! Welcome to your Wikipedia Page. '''