I've heard a lot of people talk about how great Stross is -- I think this was the wrong book to start with. It's the sort of book that mostly made me want to reread Roger Zelazny's Amber Chronicles (not on Kindle yet -- what's the deal with that?)

I didn't like this one much -- found the plot pretty derivative of other stuff I've read, didn't like the writing much. Some good parts, but not really my favorite.