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FANTASY
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SCIENCE FICTION
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NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
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SF&F author listing with ratings and summaries:
>http://greatsfandf.com/authors-full-list.php

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>Moth & Cobweb
Which is ironic because Moth & Cobweb (which for anyone lurking this is Actually Pretty Good) is a much more tightly focused story than Eschaton despite its length. I'm glad Wright scaled back, it's working out pretty well.

Good luck with your Eschaton-killer, I guess. But as I'm sure you're aware Eschaton is deeper than it appears; e.g. that chart Wright made about how each level of post-human intellect simultaneously corresponds to an observed level of organization of matter, an order of the Celestial Host, a classic SF universe, and a refutation of the ethos behind that universe was seriously a genius idea and it isn't much more than background information in the actual books.

>Montrose is an atavistic pulp character
Sure, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. I wasn't really a fan of John Carter either but Barsoom was pretty cool. Also we already know what Rania is because of who the author is; pic related.