Fine Structure

Exceptional fully-fledged storytelling and world building. My only grievance is that lots of character development simply stops and they don't matter anymore.

Vivid and imaginative, crams so much in and not all of it fits but such fun. I originally read this as it was appearing wiki'd on e2, and many years later it reads much more like comic book superheroes than hard mysterious sci-fi, and that's perfectly enjoyable.