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seconded, the quantum thief series lives in my brain rent free

Thanks, I will check them out. Any more recommendations?

Karl Schroeder; Bruce Sterling; for far-future implications of tech, Linda Nagata. Elizabeth Bear's _Ancestral Night_. For magnificent scope, Sam Hughes (qntm)'s _Ra_ and _Fine Structure_.

I can recommend Lockstep from Karl Schroeder. Scifi books rarely tackle the problem of huge distances, slower thab light speed travel and the resulting long time scales and their effects on multi-star civilizations (FTL is the usual boring cop-out). Lockstep provides an interesting take on the problem.

Thanks!

Both great authors, both nothing like Stephenson.