Let the hugo reading begin!
Although I was planning to read this anyway. I thought Wilson's previous book was technically excellent and brilliantly written, but I also wanted to love it.
This book, though perhaps less flamboyant in what it sets out to do, is much more a book of my heart. I thought it was just as well wrought as its predecessor and the smaller scope of the story brought me further in and made me love it more. Wilson knows how novellas work: build the world and show just enough to get the reader through the story, leaving them utterly satisfied with the narrative and incurably curious about the universe.