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[mithriltabby]

Just finished reading Alastair Reynolds’ trilogy: Revelation Space, Redemption Ark, Absolution Gap. It’s excellent hard science fiction, with a grand plot that addresses the Fermi paradox. The story has many interesting twists and turns, and Reynolds takes his time with the exposition— it’s a little frustrating not being able to see what the characters already know, but it’s worth it for the bang at the end. The future history— in which much of humanity has excellent reason to back off from strong nanotech— shows some things that go wrong with the technologies that could lead to a technological Singularity.