  urlLink Amazon.com: Books: A Second Chance at Eden This is a plug for Peter F. Hamilton's superb SF trilory and a notice to Todd in case he didn't know about this book of short stories set in the same universe. Here are links to the individual books of the series: urlLink The Reality Dysfunction Part I: Emergence urlLink The Reality Dysfunction Part 2: Expansion urlLink The Neutronium Alchemist : Part I - Consolidation urlLink The Neutronium Alchemist : Conflict urlLink The Naked God Part 1 : Flight urlLink The Naked God, Part 2: Faith Pick up The Reality Dysfunction if you like Sci-Fi. Its everything I could ask for - plausible world, interesting characters, provocative concepts, and skilled writing. 
