Lana and I had our friend Melanie over last week. Melanie is from Australia and while I have known her for something like 14 years, I hadn't actually met her in person before. It's a strange experience, you have to actively remind yourself once in a while that you do actually know this stranger very well. Melanie knows a thing or two about me too. She brought me a gift in the form of this book. Egan happens to live in the same city Melanie does. I have heard the name before of course but I hadn't read anything by him until now so it was definitely a good choice on Melanie's part. Egan writes hard science fiction and his work generally includes mathematical themes and quantum physics. He is also interested in genetics and regularly includes protagonists with sexual orientations other than heterosexual.
Teranesia (1999) ticks most of those boxes so if I were to venture a guess I'd say it is reasonably representative of Egan's oeuvre.
I'm not holding back on spoilers in this review.
