Oceanic
★★★★★Read Jan 21, 2014
Excellent hard sci-fi story collection, of the 12 stories I thought 11 were great. I particularly liked "Hot Rock" for its weirdness, Egan's not afraid to depict truly alien species, cultures, etc. All the stories are excellently speculative. Sometimes he indulges a bit too much in nerdy world-building and a few of the stories could use a more human touch on the characters, but overall it's really solid writing. File next to "Vernor Vinge".
Goodreads readers give it 3.98★, from 1,186 ratings. I gave it 4★, +0.0, where I'm usually −0.9: I liked it more than most.
Readers call it Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Literature, Hard Science Fiction, Anthologies, Collections.
Won Hugo Award 1999, Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2010, Seiun Award 星雲賞 2001.
Also nominated for Locus Award 2010, British Science Fiction Association Award 2002, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2003, Aurealis Award 1998 and 2 more.