If you haven't read Stations of the Tide or The Iron Dragon's Daughter then you need to (the latter is a sci-fi/fantacy mix, but of the highest caliber). Swanwick's visions (The Spiral Castle, maniacal mechanical dragons, surrogate bodies for communication, proscribed technology) are amazing and it just gets better on the second (...) read.
Admittedly my all-time favorite is Dune by the incredible Frank Herbert, but Swanwick is really good.
And for the POS prequels, for #$@!'s sake, the author said "bear hug" in the second one, I almost threw up.
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If you haven't read Stations of the Tide or The Iron Dragon's Daughter then you need to (the latter is a sci-fi/fantacy mix, but of the highest caliber). Swanwick's visions (The Spiral Castle, maniacal mechanical dragons, surrogate bodies for communication, proscribed technology) are amazing and it just gets better on the second (...) read.
Admittedly my all-time favorite is Dune by the incredible Frank Herbert, but Swanwick is really good. And for the POS prequels, for #$@!'s sake, the author said "bear hug" in the second one, I almost threw up.
-mentat