Eversion

by Alastair Reynolds

From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and space, where Doctor Silas Coade is tasked with keeping his crew safe as they adventure across the galaxy in search of a mysterious artifact.

In the 1800s, a sailing ship crashes off the coast of Norway. In the 1900s, a Zepellin explores an icy canyon in Antarctica. In the far future, a spaceship sets out for an alien artifact. Each excursion goes horribly wrong. And on every journey, Dr. Silas Coade is the physician, but only Silas seems to realize that these events keep repeating themselves. And it's up to him to figure out why and how. And how to stop it all from happening again.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Audiobook, Mystery, Space Opera, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 2022

About the author

I'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.

Reviews

[Miquel Codony]

(3,5/5)

Aquest és probable que el rellegeixi en algun moment. Entretingut a tope, amb algunes idees molt bones i molt ben escrit. Encara li dono voltes a si és un experiment totalment reeixit o si falla en algun aspecte, però l'actitud és la correcta i fa servir molt bé els seus referents. Necessito discutir-lo amb algú.

Aquest algú l'hauria de traduir.

[Edgar Cotes Argelich]

És per llibres com aquests que estimo tant la ciència-ficció. “Eversion” és un joc de miralls brillant, que t’endinsa en un thriller molt intel·ligents per descobrir els secrets de la nau Demeter, la seua tripulació i el misteriós Edifici que hi ha darrere la bretxa. Els jocs estilístics i els girs de guió funcionen meravellosament bé, i tot això, que podria estar tintat per un tema científic molt hard, va acompanyat d’una calidesa i una humanitat que et fonen el cor. Obra mestra.