Comment by pmoriarty

I've always been really disappointed in Egan's work. He's been praised to the stars, so my expectations were kind of high. But when I actually read his work, I found it to be pretty shallow and dry, with cardboard characters, like much hard scifi. He kind of reminds me of Vernor Vinge, for whom I'd also had high hopes, as both authors deal with the singularity a lot -- an idea I really find compelling. Unfortunately, I find their execution to be pretty weak, and even their ideas are mediocre.