I am reading Greg Egan's AXIOMATIC

It is a story collection. Egan wrote one of my favorite-ever sci-fi stories: "Reasons to be Cheerful". But for some reason I never sought out a collection by him until now. I think this collection is fantastic. Greg Egan gets a bad rap as one of those writers who is full of great ideas but is short on characterization. But that is not correct! In fact i…