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#17 Singularity Sky by Charles Stross
I've read a few of his other books and I figured that I would give his SF a try. It has been a while since I read a SF instead of a fantasy of several types that I have been reading. The universe has been populated with many human colonies due to Earth discovering FTL travel and the actions of a Eschaton. He created the diaspora in order to prevent people from traveling back in time to change history. This book deals with the actions on a colony world as something known as the Festival comes to visit. I enjoyed the book and I'll be looking for more of his SF books.