I'm dropping by here via the link from Whatever. I've read--if I recall correctly--two Sawyer novels. Starplex and one where arrogant and smug scientists discover souls. Starplex I had somewhat liked, but this second novel was traipsing over philosophy of mind territory, where I have some small interest. The impression I got was of a fellow who had gone ahead and dutifully read the literature, but was somehow prevented from understanding it at all. It was terrible, and I've avoided Sawyer like the plague ever since.