This is not one of Bear's first books, but it is generally the book that is credited with putting him on the map. Starting with a 1984 Nebula for best novella, Bear expanded this into novel form and published in 1985. Though I cannot vouch for the veracity of this statement, Bear has been credited with publishing the first nanotechnology novel ever. It is essentially a story of forced evolution, which is a theme that runs through some of Bear's other works. But unlike the Darwin novel[...]
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