(urth) Other SF writers?

[Adam Thornton]

On May 23, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Michael Straight wrote:

> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:11 PM, Russ Allbery <rra at stanford.edu>  
> wrote:
>
>> The best hard SF writer currently publishing right now is, IMO, Karl
>> Schroeder, who deserves to be better-known than he is.  _Lady of  
>> Mazes_
>> deserved a Hugo; it was head and shoulders against everything else  
>> that
>> year that was actually nominated.  His current series, Virga, is more
>> adventure and less thoughtful, but is still becoming quite good as it
>> develops.
>
> I'm in the middle of _Lady of Mazes_ right now and am very impressed
> so far.  He reminds me of my choice for best hard SF writer: Ken
> MacLeod.  I think his first two books, _Star Fraction_ and _Stone
> Canal_are my favorites, and _Newton's Wake_ (which is probably the
> closest in feel to _Lady of Mazes_), but everything he's written is
> very good.

The first Virga book didn't do much for me.  _Lady of Mazes_ was much  
better.

Adam