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Redemption Ark (Revelation Space) 42 reviews
Alastair Reynolds
Ace, 2004
Worthy 3rd Book in 4-Book Series
Mr. Reynolds has done quite a good job with this book: the backdrop of the Conjoiners, the history glimpses between the Earth of today and 500 years of the "future" plus a very realistic portrayal of space combat.
The last 150 pages really flies, full of action and resolution.
What I particularly enjoyed was how this book actually could stand on its own in many ways, and was not the ...
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The Six Directions of Space
Reynolds, Alastair
Subterranean, 2008
What if Genghis Khan got his wish, and brought the entire planet under the control of the Mongols? Where would he have gone next? A thousand years after Khan's death, Yellow Dog is the codename of a female spy working for a vast Mongol-dominated galactic empire. When she learns of anomalous events happening on the edge of civilised space -- phantom ships appearing in the faster-than-light transit system which binds the empire together -- Yellow ...
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Chasm City (Revelation Space)71 reviews
Alastair Reynolds
Ace, 2003
memories
To have visited a place of wonders, to have lived with this world for even a day, I thank you.
Deep and vibrant a work full of delights and a sense of wonder.
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Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Revelation Space)25 reviews
Alastair Reynolds
Ace, 2005
And a dark and dangerous read...
This is a fine example of the new british gothic space opera genre, you don't need to be familiar with his larger future history relating to the Revelation Space universe to enjoy these two stories... but it would only serve to enhance your enjoyment if you did (if for no other reason than to place these events in their proper timeline context). These are comfortably self contained novellas ...
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House of Suns (Gollancz) 10 reviews
Alastair Reynolds
Gollancz, 2008
Classic Renyolds space opera. Superb!
First off, let my just say that any fan of Reynolds will love this book. This is what makes A.R. so special. Its vast scale and huge timespan combined with a clear and interesting vision about the evolution of human societies over time. And its all presented in a good pace and with a interesting story, with characters you will care about. In short, its never boring. Quite the contrary. As with ...
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Absolution Gap (Revelation Space) 52 reviews
Alastair Reynolds
Ace, 2005
Amazing tales need decent conclusions
The Revelation Space novels take you to an epic universe of pure Space odyssey. The stories unfold each tell their own tales of distant and exotic places, where nano technique serve humanity to unlock powers we can only imagine to grasp. Reading these novels brings the sensation of being far away, in a different time... And not wanting to return to reality before you know all answers. Magic keeps ...
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The Prefect 14 reviews
Alastair Reynolds
Ace Hardcover, 2008
A Takeover From Within
The Prefect (2007) is the fifth SF novel in the Revelation Space series, following Absolution Gap. From the internal chronology, this novel is actually a prequel to Chasm City and the rest of the series. It is set within the Glitter Band of Yellowstone in 2427, about a century before the Melding Plague.
The Glitter Band is thousands of habitats of all descriptions orbiting Yellowstone. It ...
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Galactic North7 reviews
Alastair Reynolds
Ace, 2008
A Future in Smaller Doses
Galactic North (2006) is a collection of SF stories set in the Revelation Space universe. It contains eight stories and an Afterword by the author.
Great Wall of Mars is a Conjoiner story about Nevil Clavain and Galiana in the home nest. Glacial relates another Clavain and Galiana tale about a failed outsystem colony. A Spy in Europa recounts a Demarchist tale about an enemy agent who gives ...
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Pushing Ice52 reviews
Alastair Reynolds
Ace Hardcover, 2006
Next in a long line of wonderful Reynolds space operas...
I must admit that I worried after the wonders of Revelation Space, Redemption Ark, and Absolution Gap that Pushing Ice would be just another novel riding off of the author's original fame. I was greatly happy to find that this was not the case.
Pushing Ice is the story of a crew sent in desperation to follow a rouge planet as far as their fuel could take them. But everything they have been ...
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REVELATION SPACE146 reviews
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS
GOLLANCZ, 2000
A Science Fiction master piece!
From the first get-go, Alastair Reynolds propels the reader into an intriguing narrative that somersaults through relativistic space and time. A first acquaintance with Daniel Sylveste takes place on a remote planet called Resurgam, at the site of a dig. The scene illumines Sylveste's feverish mission to shed light on how, and why, something wiped the ancient avian species of the Amarantin from ...
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Zima Blue and Other Stories8 reviews
Alastair Reynolds
Night Shade Books, 2006
WOW!!!
My first real exposure to Reynolds work... and it blew me away... I've been looking in vain for this guys style for years! Solid and deft writing, a furious blend of neo-brit gothic space opera and hard science fiction. High concept, real brain rattling imagery all tucked in and around a darkly compelling future history. Picture a darker Larry Niven, a more tech Arthur Clarke... and I only use ...
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Century Rain (Revelation Space)34 reviews
Alastair Reynolds
Ace, 2006
Toujours Paris
I've never read anything quite like Alistair Reynolds's astonishing "Century Rain." A noir whodunnit that turns into a spy chase that turns into a space opera of epic proportions, it's set several centuries from now, where the Earth has suffered some sort of biological castrophe instigated by the law of unintended consequences. It features two competing human factions, the Threshers (essentially ...
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Himmelssturz
Alastair Reynolds
Heyne, 2007
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Beyond the Aquila Rift (Great Science Fiction Stories)
Alastair Reynolds
AudioText, 2008
Beyond the Aquila Rift. It s shorthand for the trip no one ever hopes to make by accident. The one that will screw up the rest of your life, the one that creates the ghosts you see haunting the shadows of company bars across the whole Bubble. Men and women ripped out of time, cut adrift from families and lovers by an accident of an alien technology we use but rarely comprehend. This title is part of the publisher's Great Science Fiction Stories ...
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Pushing Ice
Alastair Reynolds
Easton Press, 2005
Signed by author. Brand new! LEATHER BOUND book accented in 22kt gold!
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Die Arche
Alastair Reynolds
Heyne Verlag, 2007
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