Reply #8: I've enjoyed Wilson's work.

[Dr. Strange]

Although I've only read these three: The Chronoliths, The Harvest, and Spin.
The thing that stands out to me about his stories is that they're all about the characters. This is particularly true in "The Chronoliths." He does little to explain how they (the Chronoliths) came to be. The characters in the book of course all work hard at trying to solve the mystery, and by the end of the book, they know a (very) little about what they are. But that's okay, because the story isn't about some fascinating event (monoliths from the future, an alien race that offers everyone immortality, the Earth suddenly cut off from the rest of the universe), but rather how the characters react to the event.

I haven't read anything by Sawyer yet, but I'm really enjoying the show Flash Forward, and once that's over, I intend to read the book.