And Diaspora, while I quite enjoyed as well, I found a little bit harder to follow. Some of Diaspora went over my head.
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This is the third book I've read by Greg Egan with Permutation City being one of my all-time favorite books.
Overall, for me, this didn't reach the heights of Permutation City, but I was able to follow along a little bit more than I was with Diaspora, and enjoyed it a little bit more as well. I gave this the same score as Sea of Tranquility, an 8.5 out of 10.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I feel like the pieces flowed more smoothly in Station 11, and it was more consistently great. But Sea of Tranquility had some great high points as well.
I recently read Station 11 by Mandel and absolutely loved it. And something I noticed while reading both of these books is how quickly I became comfortable with the pros.




