ewee (02/26): The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson

(Pictured here with the nice succulents Sy planted last weekend. While finishing this book, I sat here on the deck, nursing a sprained ankle and bruised ego).

This was much better than Darwinia, but still nothing like Spin. Swingbeat's review sums it up quite well.

Essentially, this is an interesting story--time travel is woven into the fabric of the landscape, but in good storytelling form, the real meat of the story has to do with relationships and character development. Good gripping stuff--life's failures, growth, synchronicity (I loved tau turbulence and the idea that nothing is truly coincidental). RCW does his best to make an international and political/economic map of the world.

As Swingbeat mentions, the end of the book is a bit too quick and pat, but the bulk of the story is well-written, and a fast, pleasant read.

Recommended with coffee to while away the hours stuck in traffic on the way to work.