false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171150276m/89185.jpg 89185 14 In a city overrun by a virus that attacks both man and machine, an agent pursues a lowlife postmortal-and uncovers a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forget... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tanner Mirabel was a security specialist who never made a mistake - until the day a woman in his care was blown away by Argent Reivich, a vengeful young postmortal. Tanner's pursuit of Reivich takes him across light-years of space to Chasm City, the domed human settlement on the otherwise inhospitable planet of Yellowstone. But Chasm City is not what it was. The one-time high-tech utopia has become a Gothic nightmare: a nanotechnological virus has corrupted the city's inhabitants as thoroughly as it has the buildings and machines. Before the chase is done, Tanner will have to confront truths which reach back centuries, towards deep space and an atrocity history barely remembers. 2926628 2001 Chasm City (Revelation Space, Book 2) total:708|5:202|4:315|3:168|2:21|1:2| 708 2818 972 72 5 1 false false Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Mon Jan 05 12:12:13 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 12:13:28 -0800 2009
On the nitrogen-methane world of Yellowstone, within the domed enclosure of Chasm City, humans had perfected a utopian civilization founded on nanotechnology. During the twenty-sixth century, Chasm City was considered the apex of cultural and tech...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 06:00:56 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 06:01:26 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 13:24:27 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 09:01:31 -0800 2009
Like his previous book (Revelation Space), Reynolds tends to interweave events from previous times into one narrative. Unlike his first book, however, this one doesn't jump around illogically and in fact, the transitions between time and plac...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 11:21:58 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 12:15:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 09:27:48 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 10:56:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 05:07:37 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 05:10:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Mar 03 10:34:02 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 17 13:30:58 -0700 2009 Originally written on 8.8.06 on www.sffworld.com/blog/7779.html:

Alastair Reynolds ‘Chasm City’ is turning out to be splendid. Which helps null out an earlier comment by myself, “But after the first thress chapters I get the impression that the precvious story or starter to this se...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 03:34:55 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 23:56:14 -0700 2009
Although you could summarise it as a long chase story of hunte...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 05:07:44 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 09:52:48 -0800 2008
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As I approach the end, or at least the final 1/4, of this book, I am once again reminded of why I don't read space opera. While the book is entertaining,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 18:54:05 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 13:39:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jul 03 05:01:39 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 20 01:53:31 -0700 2009 L’espace de la révélation, ne m’a pas laissé un souvenir impérissable, loin de là. Une fo...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 08 09:21:29 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 09:32:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 12:55:36 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 19:52:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 13 16:40:51 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 10:31:49 -0800 2008
The story definitely has a noir feel to it. Imagine crossing Blade Runner with, say, The Bourne Identity. Unfortunately, as one reviewer also put it, it was getting rather repetitive with all...more...]]> 5 0 true false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 10:24:13 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 10:31:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 11:03:04 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 11:05:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 03:46:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 07:15:57 -0700 2009
The plot is also pretty standard fare and has few surprises. ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 27 02:07:18 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 02:24:03 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 23 03:41:19 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 03:44:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Jun 26 16:51:03 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 16:56:51 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=89185