BlueMeany
Where Blue is the mean
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- May 13, 2009
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I was quite surprised to notice that Alastair Reynolds doesn't have his own thread in the "authors" section. In my opinion, he is one of the most readable writers around. He tells a good story with interesting twists, and it's all more or less believable in terms of what could happen. He keeps me turning the pages. Here's is the list in chronological order, starting in the year 2000.
Revelation Space
Redemption Ark
Chasm City
Galactic North
Zima Blue and Other Stories
The Prefect - Acclaimed as one of his best.
Diamond Dogs and Turquoise Days
Absloution Gap - Finale of the Revelation Space theme.
The Six directions of Space
And, due out June 2, 2009:
House Of Suns
Check out the intro (House of Suns):
Six million years ago, at the very dawn of the starfaring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones: the shatterlings. Sent out into the galaxy, these shatterlings have stood aloof as they document the rise and fall of countless human empires. They meet every two hundred thousand years, to exchange news and memories of their travels with their siblings.
Campion and Purslane are not only late for their thirty-second reunion, but they have brought along an amnesiac golden robot for a guest. But the wayward shatterlings get more than the scolding they expect: they face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line, and there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst. The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them, and why - before their ancient line is wiped out of existence, for ever.
Here's what they're saying:
Reynolds injects a good old fashioned sense of wonder into his science fiction by combining a story of epic scale with a series of awe-inspiring revelations, each more breathtaking than the last. The finale is thrilling, moving and humane. This is Reynolds' best novel to date."
Revelation Space
Redemption Ark
Chasm City
Galactic North
Zima Blue and Other Stories
The Prefect - Acclaimed as one of his best.
Diamond Dogs and Turquoise Days
Absloution Gap - Finale of the Revelation Space theme.
The Six directions of Space
And, due out June 2, 2009:
House Of Suns
Check out the intro (House of Suns):
Six million years ago, at the very dawn of the starfaring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones: the shatterlings. Sent out into the galaxy, these shatterlings have stood aloof as they document the rise and fall of countless human empires. They meet every two hundred thousand years, to exchange news and memories of their travels with their siblings.
Campion and Purslane are not only late for their thirty-second reunion, but they have brought along an amnesiac golden robot for a guest. But the wayward shatterlings get more than the scolding they expect: they face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line, and there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst. The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them, and why - before their ancient line is wiped out of existence, for ever.
Here's what they're saying:
Reynolds injects a good old fashioned sense of wonder into his science fiction by combining a story of epic scale with a series of awe-inspiring revelations, each more breathtaking than the last. The finale is thrilling, moving and humane. This is Reynolds' best novel to date."
