Finding good scifi novels

I'm looking for a new scifi author as good as my favourite sci-fi writer, Ian M Banks.

Recently I found this cool flowchart from SF Signal plus the interactive version. Sadly, the first time I used it, after answering honestly, the interactive version tool me to Ian M. Banks.

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Then I found http://www.bestsfbooks.com/ and on the homepage are some books that I've heard good things about:

• The Dervish House by Ian McDonald  
• Zero History by William Gibson
• REAMDE by Neal Stephenson

Interestingly, the io9 posting that led me to the link above, has this sentence " But here's hoping BestSFBooks evolves into more of a real recommendation, something like Pandora except for books. So that if you liked Iain M. Banks' Culture books, it'll recommend Alastair Reynolds' books next"

Maybe I will look him up.