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Sad Kapteyn
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First published June 4, 2014
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Alastair Reynolds
316 books9,427 followersI'm Al, I used to be a space scientist, and now I'm a writer, although for a time the two careers ran in parallel. I started off publishing short stories in the British SF magazine Interzone in the early 90s, then eventually branched into novels. I write about a novel a year and try to write a few short stories as well. Some of my books and stories are set in a consistent future named after Revelation Space, the first novel, but I've done a lot of other things as well and I like to keep things fresh between books.
I was born in Wales, but raised in Cornwall, and then spent time in the north of England and Scotland. I moved to the Netherlands to continue my science career and stayed there for a very long time, before eventually returning to Wales.
In my spare time I am a very keen runner, and I also enjoying hill-walking, birdwatching, horse-riding, guitar and model-making. I also dabble with paints now and then. I met my wife in the Netherlands through a mutual interest in climbing and we married back in Wales. We live surrounded by hills, woods and wildlife, and not too much excitement.
I was born in Wales, but raised in Cornwall, and then spent time in the north of England and Scotland. I moved to the Netherlands to continue my science career and stayed there for a very long time, before eventually returning to Wales.
In my spare time I am a very keen runner, and I also enjoying hill-walking, birdwatching, horse-riding, guitar and model-making. I also dabble with paints now and then. I met my wife in the Netherlands through a mutual interest in climbing and we married back in Wales. We live surrounded by hills, woods and wildlife, and not too much excitement.
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April 24, 2023
Another AI story.
This time an AI turns up around Kapteyn's Star, a red dwarf a very long way away from Earth.
Basically the whole story is the AI's transmission back to Earth, which i won't go into because it would spoil the punch line at the end.
Really good. Maybe one day only the AI's that we've sent out into the galaxy will be all that's left of us, and i wonder what other species will make of them.
Next up on Alastair's list is Wrecking Party
Bye for now.
This time an AI turns up around Kapteyn's Star, a red dwarf a very long way away from Earth.
Basically the whole story is the AI's transmission back to Earth, which i won't go into because it would spoil the punch line at the end.
Really good. Maybe one day only the AI's that we've sent out into the galaxy will be all that's left of us, and i wonder what other species will make of them.
Next up on Alastair's list is Wrecking Party
Bye for now.
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