I would add an Aussie to that list - Greg Egan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia

I would add an Aussie to that list - Greg Egan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(novel) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(novel) - this book was as mind blowing to me as Anathem, and bears multiple readings. I've fallen out of scifi in the last few years, and Egan has sucked me back in.