The bathroom was on a raft floating on the surface of an ocean planet.

Simmons opened new frontiers of thought for me with his Hyperion Cantos. A house with each room on a different planet. A heartbreaking tale of a daughter aging in reverse. A romance playing out over space and time. A grand piano on the pop-out balcony of a starship. The cruciform parasite. The Shrike.

Branches of humanity torn between decadent stagnation and radical evolution. The artificial intelligence civilization with its own agenda. The All Thing (Internet) as the third branch of government.

So much good stuff, published in 1989 no less.

Rest in Peace to a true legend.

Rule #1 of power: never outshine the master

The FBI won't get involved unless it's politically advantageous.

Wait until your local police force has fully autonomous lethal robots on the streets.