The Nimrod Hunt — Charles Sheffield

THE NIROD HUNT IS .. .
*One of the most stunningly original novels of 1986
*High adventure for high IQs *So far out that only a master of science fiction could have written it
*So technically correct that only a master of science could have written it
*Awash with conceptions, any one of which would form the core of a lesser work
*Filled with the most intriguing combination of humans, aliens, bio-constructs, and mechanical intelligences in the history of science fiction
*An introduction to the galaxy's only perfect woman

ANSWER: ALL OF THE ABOVE!