Hi,
I have found out about Mr. Jordan's books on the Emerald City (
www.emcit.com, one of the best sites alongisde locus online - locusmag.com, and sfsignal - sfsignal.com, for news about sf&f, also has a monthly review issue which is very good) weblog about a month ago, and I checked out his books.
Since he kindly provided excerpts, I read some and got hooked on his books, so I purchased all in mslit form, converted them to html (no drm so it is legal as far as I know), loaded them on my 2 ereaders (Nokia 770, Ebookwise 1150) and read 6 of them as of now, and I am currently reading the new one and Worldfarm One which I avoided a bit due to its subject, though I like its style and the main character.
I strongly recommend his books, especially the near future ones, Evoguia (10/10), Orbital Factory (10/10), Robin (9/10 - the story is conventional sf and a bit short but great characters and execution), Encephalopath (reading currently), and Worldfarm One (especially if you do not mind it's geopolitical setup seems as good as the others).
I read Sol (9/10 - a bit unbalanced and flat characters but some great ideas and had a section - the Sol one - that reminded me a lot of one of my favourite authors the late Australian writer George Turner's Genetic Soldier -actually more of Mr. Jordan's work reminds me of George Turner though with updated technology and a far cheerier outlook overall - Mr. Turner's great books Brain Child, Drowning Towers, The Destiny Makers, Down There In Darkness, Genetic Soldier are pretty grim but really good)
I also read The Onuissance Cells (8/10 - unbalanced and really unfinished but with great moments) and The Berserker (7/10 - conventional sf, characters not fleshed out enough, though good enough to care to find out what happened) and I plan to read Midgards Militia too.
Liviu