Revelation Space

I got introduced to the Newest Wave of SF the same way I met the last one: by reading short story collections. And in those collections, I read several stories by the likes of Charles Stross, Neal Asher - and Alastair Reynolds. I was immediately taken with his stories about Clavaine; it was logical to move on to longer-form offersings in teh same universe - and then into others.

Reynolds is truly impressive: his Revelation Space is a self-contained masterwork, with impeccable physics, and really good characterisations. Oh, and a stunning storyline. Read this book: you will then go out and buy all of his others. I certainly have....