Schismatrix Plus

Sterling's version of a space opera brimful of ideas and visions of the future. The evolution of humanity splits into two main factions/ideologies: the shapers (gene manipulation) and the mechanists (cybernetic enhancements). Either you're pro bacteria or con. The storyline jumps from world to world, constantly reinvents itself and never stays put. Everything is political and it's gritty and you love it.

If I'm not wrong, Ilya Prigogine is the only one to be referenced as a person of the past, as humanity is approaching his 5th level of complexity, posthumanism.