Stephenson’s Seveneves brought Gerard K. O’Neill’s High Frontier orbital habitats alive. There was a report Ron Howard was going to make a big-budget movie out of it.
For advanced science and math integral to the story, I don’t know of anyone who does it deeper or better than Greg Egan.
For advanced science and math integral to the story, I don’t know of anyone who does it deeper or better than Greg Egan.