I've recently bought Revelation Space and after putting off for a few weeks I've properly got into it, and I find Reynolds to be a bit more po-faced and grounded than Banks, with the wit and dark comedy not really there, although he is as similarily imaginative as Banks and Revelation Space is comparable in content to Banks' underrated non-Culture novels like The Algebraist and Against a Dark Background.
I find Baxter a bit too dry and Gibson a bit too pulpy, however I'm starting to feel like Alastair Reynolds' line of novels are worth a pop.
I find Baxter a bit too dry and Gibson a bit too pulpy, however I'm starting to feel like Alastair Reynolds' line of novels are worth a pop.