>>"Kirill is a character in Vadim Panov's Enclaves."

Thanks, I will check that.

If you like Vinge, there is a little gem that it's, I think, not very known: "Marooned in Realtime" (1). It's the second in a series but it can be read alone without problem.

Also the short story by Vinge, "The cookie monster" is very good (recommended going blind for this one, not spoilers)

By Reynolds, my favorite, it's "House of Suns", I get a 50's Science Fiction vibe from it, and, at the same time, it's modern Science Fiction.

(1) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/167847.Marooned_in_Realt...