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To be fair, some of the ideas were interesting. I think there was a rather good novel hidden in the dross. What it needed was a better butt-kicking editor.
I just find it a bit hilarious when a scifi author goes into great detail about technology in their universe. It's like Tom Clancy in a fantasy setting; the reader is left wondering what was the point?
I'll make sure to give Diaspora a chance though, because I like the territory Greg Egan is probing.