Singularity Sky

This is what happens if you say to yourself, "I know! For my debut, I'll write an SF novel that's a giant allegory for the Edinburgh Festival!"

OK, there's more to it than that and it's a page turner. Those familiar with Stross's later works will see many familiar themes here - Cthulhu mythos, the Singularity, absurdities...

Weird little book in that the climax happens about six pages after the book starts, then the rest of the book just -goes- as characters hurtle towards inevitable destinations. It's like that scene in Back to the Future where Biff is thrown into a pile of dung, but stretched across 300 pages.