"The is one of the few exceptions to my "Fantasy is brainrot" rule. It's deeply original and lacks the communist party pamphlet vibe his other novels have."
"Basically Baxter stomps out onto the battlefield of theology with some big guns, what if god exists, is all powerful, all knowing, and is us. It's the atheist god again and it's awe inspiring."
"Political machinations that would make Machiavelli wince, no character is safe from the axe, the fact it's fantasy was an afterthought by the author (true, he wasn't going to bother with dragons)."
"Egan didn't go nearly far enough with this idea, he could have created some of the most insane action sequances and gotten away with them. This is the best excuse for the ultimate action movie."
"Transhumanism is oddly hard to find in SF, mostly because it's just so hard to write stories about it. Egan makes a pretty bold stab at it and pulls off some great ideas."
