> Alastair Reynolds is just amazing to me.

His earlier stuff, definitely yes (eg The Inhibitor series).

His more recent works (eg Revenger series) is pretty average if not outright bad.

I'm on the third book of the Revenger series now, and it's just... crap. :(

If you haven't read it yet, avoid it. Major foundation sections of the third books' plot are completely nonsensical, the characters do outright idiotic things to move the plot along, etc. It's not good reading. :(

Honestly that’s how I felt about Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap too. His writing got bad when he was just tying up loose ends towards the end.

Loved Revelation Space, Chasm City, and all the short stories in that universe though. Diamond Dogs is one of my favorite novellas.

I think the Revenger series is intended to be more Young Adult level stuff. The Revelation Space series has a lot of good stuff, but also takes pains to not overly explain every tech advance. Diamond Dogs is my all time favorite, even if it's absurd.

Revelation Space was amazing as were some of the short stories. I just wish they weren't all so pessemistic. I loved the demarchists and the conjoiners.