Please provide me with your latest book news, views and details of waterstones special offers. One of my favorite scifi book covers not to mention books of all time. Theres been very little news worth reporting since the last entry. Alastair reynolds on returning to revelation space in elysium fire. So, i wanted to read the revelation space books from the beginning of the series. He spent his early years in cornwall, moved back to wales before going to newcastle university, where he read physics and astronomy. Alastair reynolds has created something truly special herea enjoyable balance of interesting storytelling and theoretical scienceand my mind is sufficiently blown. House of suns by alastair reynolds from cover to cover. But reynolds has written terminal world as a standalone novel which ends just as a great story is beginning so i found the book a real let down. Revenger is my thirteenth published novel, not including harvest of time, my doctor who book, or the medusa chronicles, the novel i wrote with stephen baxter. Check out the 7 best book covers including covers from isaac asimov, ursula k. The author has also written additional space operas. Unfortunately, my story ended up longer than the limit for the competition, which i believed was around 17,000 words.
See all books authored by alastair reynolds, including revelation space, and redemption ark, and more on. The best of alastair reynolds its a whopper of a book, about 250,000 words or 768 pages of quality sf material. Revelation space is propped up against a forgotten 900,000yearold catastrophe. Look over baen covers and they are about the same quality as your average self published lulu book and that makes them stand out from the more aggressively unoffensive books on the shelves with generic space covers. Tom dreyfus is a prefect, a policeman of sorts, and one of the best. The best of alastair reynolds paperback 8 jun 2017. Buy a cheap copy of galactic north book by alastair reynolds. Revenger, a fastpaced space opera by alastair reynolds with strong women as protagonists and few surprises certainly took my. Alastair reynolds as a kid, id buy novels with these.
Mixing shades of banks and gibson with gigatons of originality, he has pulled off that most difficult of sf tropes, believable aliens. Redemption ark the inhibitor trilogy book 2 and millions of other books are. Alastair preston reynolds is a british science fiction author. Why alastair reynolds doesnt do star trek physics wired.
Hi all, does anyone know who does the book cover art to some of the alastair reynolds books any of the editions. Reynolds supplies hardscience answers that are plausible, entertaining and clever. Alastair reynolds on returning to revelation space in elysium. Having read and loved the short story zima blue i decided to pick up this book, which obviously is a collection of short stories from the same author rather than a collection by diffrent authors. Reynolds has said he prefers to keep the science in his books to what he personally. I am sure that fans of reynolds wouldnt wait for a recommendation to read this book, but if you happen to be a first time reynolds reader, i recommend you to try slow bullets first. Revelation space 2000 revelation space was my first published novel.
Alastair reynolds has the kind of scientific imagination that few can match, his stories often explored on a grand scale. This is my first post on the forum so i thought id introduce myself by way of attaching a simple book cover that ive been. Space rocks uplink a thing happening tomorrow evening 5. For the book title i know what you mean but thats how the actual covers are made so it wouldnt have looked right if id done differently. It was always slightly disappointing when the contents of a book never lived up to the cover. Zima blue and other stories by alastair reynolds and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Set in the revelation space universethe first short story collection by one of sfs best and most ambitious novelists. Revenger brings pirates and pillaging to outer space the. Alastair reynolds is a welsh author best known for his revelation space spaceopera sciencefiction series. Revelation space series cover art revelation space wiki. I thought id take a few hours to update the site as we go into the new year. Alastair reynolds is one of my absolute favorite authors and giving him four our of five starts feels like a total letdown. Alastair could have easily written a whole book which covers the just the epilogue.
Book cover experiment alastair reynolds share your work. A highlight of any alastair reynolds book is the largely untold backstory that weaves in and out of the narrative. Stuart jeffries on sciencefiction writer alastair reynolds. I have vague intentions to return to the universes of pi and hos, but nothing firm, and i dont intend to return to the worlds of cr or tw, much as im fond of those books. After more than 10 years and with a completed trilogy and other books inbetween, alastair reynolds has returned to the universe of his revelation space series with elysium fire, continuing a story that began in 2007s the prefect. And when its people, theyre usually just standing there with some boring pose, like the model for the oil painting was getting tired, wearing some highly implausible andor heavily overdetailed outfit. The revelation space trilogy revelation space by alastair. There, he worked for the european space research and technology centre until 2004 when h. Alastair reynolds books list of books by author alastair reynolds. Zima blue and other stories by alastair reynolds abebooks.
We personally assess every books quality and offer rare. Afterwards, he earned a phd in astrophysics from the university of st andrews. Alastair reynolds isnt a goodreads author, but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Stuart jeffries enters the fantastic world of alastair reynolds. Revelation space revelation space, book 1 by alastair reynolds.
In 1991, he moved to noordwijk in the netherlands where he met his wife josette. Book cover experiment alastair reynolds share your. Alastair preston reynolds born march 1966 is a british science fiction author. While the universe in revenger is certainly grand and gloriously imagined, the story itself it much more personal. Somewhere in 1986, i started work on a long short story which i hoped to submit to the writers of the future competition. He gave up working as an astrophysicist for the european space agency to become a. Explore books by alastair reynolds with our selection at. Alastair reynolds is probably one of the smartest and best writers of hard sf and space opera today, the kind of sf that actually uses physics and big ideas. Alastair reynolds is a science fiction author well known for his detailed and well thought out stories. He used to be a space scientist, believe it or not. Terminal world should not be the terminus i really enjoyed listening to terminal world and would rate this book much higher if it were the beginning of a series. Will have to seek out a real life science person who has read this book to explain deep space, time travel, astrophysics, the infinite universe, etc etc. Im reading the novella nightingale by alastair reynolds after seeing it recommended here years ago. Revelation space by alastair reynolds librarything.
List of alastair reynolds books in order books reading order. It was always slightly disappointing when the contents of. This is perhaps one of the best living scifi authors out there. He is an interesting author since he used to be a space scientist and now is a fulltime writer, even though for a time the two activities were running parallel. Prefect dreyfus is a part of the panoply, a security force that. Mar 01, 2017 a highlight of any alastair reynolds book is the largely untold backstory that weaves in and out of the narrative. Great wall of mars weather beyond the aquila rift minlas flowers. The conspiracy plot of house of suns turns on events scattered across six million years of history, and actively draws from it in each chapter. Revenger, a fastpaced space opera by alastair reynolds with strong women as protagonists and few surprises certainly took my mind off things for a bit. After more than 10 years and with a completed trilogy and other books inbetween, alastair reynolds has returned to the universe of his. Alastair reynolds has 214 books on goodreads with 492965 ratings. Alastair reynolds books list of books by author alastair. While the universe in revenger is certainly grand and gloriously imagined, the story itself it much more personal the far future galaxy of revenger has seen vast empires rise and fall while planets have been shattered and remade. The book cover archive is edited and maintained by ben pieratt and eric jacobsen.
Books by alastair reynolds author of revelation space. One of the most thoughtprovoking and accomplished shortfiction writers of our time, this collection is a delight for all sf readers. I liked terminal world it feels complete, even with a somewhat vague ending. Though that certainly does explain the realism included in his science fiction novels. Pushing ice is the brilliant tale of extraordinary aliens, glittering technologies, and sweeping space opera from awardwinning science fiction author alastair reynolds. An overview of book cover art of the revelation space series, to date. Media in category alastair reynolds book cover images the following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total. The revelation space trilogy revelation space by alastair reynolds book cover, description, publication history. This is my first post on the forum so i thought id introduce myself by way of attaching a simple book cover that ive been experimenting with. Its clear why reynolds has the devoted following hes gathered not many authors could have written as emotionally laden a narrative for their characters while still keeping it light, or described as complex and detailed a universe while still keeping it engaging. The theme of the album is the frailty of civilisation, from a variety of perspectives, including 7 tracks inspired by the science fiction novels of author and former astrophysicist alastair reynolds, and others relating to nanotechnology, the second world war, and environmental destruction. Does anyone know who does the book cover art to some of the alastair reynolds books any of the editions. I am now working on a planned sequel to the prefect. Alastair reynolds on the steel breeze cover art reveal archived 23.
Sing for absolution, teahouse on the tracks older blog of alastair reynolds, 10. Author spotlight alastair reynolds word of the nerd. Scifi is certainly one of the most popular genres of speculative fiction. Book covers of revelation space series translations, in various languages. As a kid, id buy novels with these magnificent chris fosse covers which showed an enormous contraption hovering over a planet, and youd always think wheres that going to come in.
Yes, i had notes and files open when i worked on each book, but i never carried one over to the next. Its my attempt to get back to something a little bit closer to the present in terms of the way i think about science fiction. Its a whopper of a book, about 250,000 words or 768 pages of quality sf material. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Alastair reynolds was born in barry, south wales, in 1966. Since 1991 he has lived in the netherlands, near leiden. Jan 30, 2020 alastair reynolds was born in barry, south wales, in 1966. He specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. The original, englishlanguage editions of the revelation space series works. Hideaway 2000minlas flowers 2005the iron tactician 2016merlins gu. Century rain, pushing ice, house of suns and terminal world are all unrelated standalone novels. Itll give you the same feeling of reading a grand alastair reynolds novel, but with the added benefit of completing it in a very short time. Apr 05, 2017 will have to seek out a real life science person who has read this book to explain deep space, time travel, astrophysics, the infinite universe, etc etc.
The book cover archive, for the appreciation and categorization of excellence in book cover design. I name my computers after various scifi authors and i like making wallpapers associated with each, kind of like whats in the sidebar though with fewer images. Apr 03, 2017 i was messing around with some ad features and thought, hang on, this looks a bit like those covers, so i decided to go down that direction to see what i could do i was still on the trial version of ad. He pretty much wraps up the series with a brief epilogue. Alastair reynolds has won the sidewise award and been nominated for the hugo awards for his short fiction. Book cover experiment alastair reynolds sign in to follow this. Born in 1966, he is known for his writing mainly in the science fiction genre. He gave up working as an astrophysicist for the european space agency to become a fulltime writer. Marz 1966 in barry, vereinigtes konigreich ist ein walisischer sciencefictionautor.
Click to read more about chasm city by alastair reynolds. Alastair reynolds revenger was a surprisingly fun read. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed. Alastair reynolds on returning to revelation space in. Subterranean press has officially announced this years massive careerspanning collection of alastair reynolds short stories and novellas, titled beyond the aquila rift. Clearly reynolds could write more books set in this world, but it doesnt seem like he plans to. Humanity has raised exploiting the solar system to an art form.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading pushing ice. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Both books are about the ethics of humanmachine interaction. He studied at newcastle and st andrews universities and has a ph.
The revelation space universe includes numerous novels, novellas, and short stories, all which take place over several centuries, between ce 2205 to 40 000. Revenger brings pirates and pillaging to outer space the b. I read one of reynolds books a few years ago and i liked it. What i hadnt realised is that id been reading and loving alastair reynolds work for ages. Slow bullets alastair reynolds 9781616961930 netgalley.
They have turned having horrible covers into their trademark. Media in category alastair reynolds book cover images the following 17. Heres the thing, its almost as if alastair reynolds got tired of writing this series. Revelation space series cover art revelation space wiki fandom. Teahouse on the tracks older blog of alastair reynolds, 10 november 2007. Which do you think is the best book by alastair reynolds. The conspiracy plot of house of suns turns on events scattered across six million years of history, and. A former space scientist, i turned from studying pulsars and binary stars to fiction. This category is for images of book covers for works by british science fiction author alastair reynolds. According to the author, as posted on his blog, the chronological order is.