Alastair Reynolds





Alastair Reynolds

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in Barry, Wales, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1966

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Alastair Reynolds, former scientist and now full-time writer. Most of what he writes is science fiction, with a strong concern for scientific verisimilitude (although he is prepared to break the rules for the sake of a good story). He has lived in England, Scotland and the Netherlands where he worked as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency until 2004, but now makes his home back in his native Wales.

Author's note on the Relevation Space series:
My earlier books are Revelation Space (2000), Chasm City (2001), Redemption Ark (2002), Absolution Gap (2003) and The Prefect (2007), all of which are set in the same universe. They can be read independently, although it's preferable to read Revelation Space, Redemption Ark and Absolution G
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I'll be doing quite a bit of promotion around the release of Harvest of Time. Here are the signing events, at which I'll also be doing a reading and general chat for anyone interested.

Thurday 6th June 6 - 7pm - Forbidden Planet Bristol (Clifton Heights, Triangle West, Bristol BS8 1EJ)

Friday 7th June 6 - 7pm - Forbidden Planet London (179 Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8JR)

Wednesday 12th June - Ti... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.96 · 59,805 ratings · 3,722 reviews · 132 distinct works · Similar authors
Revelation Space  (Revelati...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 13,105 ratings — published 2000 — 35 editions
Redemption Ark (Revelation ...
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 6,908 ratings — published 2002 — 23 editions
Chasm City
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 5,449 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
House of Suns
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,101 ratings — published 2008 — 22 editions
Absolution Gap (Revelation ...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 4,749 ratings — published 2003 — 25 editions
Pushing Ice
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 4,008 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions
The Prefect
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 3,607 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions
Century Rain
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,826 ratings — published 2004 — 20 editions
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 2,427 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions
Galactic North
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,962 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions
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“A city's only ever three hot meals away from anarchy.”
Alastair Reynolds, Terminal World

“I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.”
Alastair Reynolds

“You worry that we're becoming monsters. Merlin, we already were monsters. You didn't make us any worse.”
Alastair Reynolds, Thousandth Night and Minla's Flowers

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JANUARY SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which two books move on to the run-off poll for January 2012 SF Book of the Month.

 
  22 votes, 24.2%

 
  20 votes, 22.0%

 
  13 votes, 14.3%

 
  10 votes, 11.0%

 
  8 votes, 8.8%

 
  6 votes, 6.6%

 
  4 votes, 4.4%

 
  4 votes, 4.4%

 
  4 votes, 4.4%

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