Quarantine
- 224
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Quarantine” is a bold hard-SF detective story in which Greg Egan builds a mystery on the Copenhagen reading of quantum theory. Egan picked that interpretation for its storytelling potential rather than its likelihood, and the book takes its ideas seriously. Some readers find the quantum premise too shaky to accept and prefer his other books. At just over two hundred pages, it suits readers who come to science fiction for ideas.
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About the book
Quarantine is a 1992 hard science fiction novel by Greg Egan. Within a detective fiction framework, the novel explores the consequences of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, which Egan acknowledges was chosen more for its entertainment value than for its likelihood of being correct.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 73 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 73 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Quarantine?
It has 224 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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