I loved _Diaspora_ as well. And the rest of his books, but those two stand out. I don't know anybody like Egan, he takes the science part to such extremes... M

I loved _Diaspora_ as well. And the rest of his books, but those two stand out. I don't know anybody like Egan, he takes the science part to such extremes... My favourite SF author is Iain M Banks, but you're probably already familiar with him.