Product Description

Gathered here for the first time are Alastair Reynolds' stories and novelettes set in the universe of REVELATION SPACE, his first bestselling blockbuster. GALACTIC NORTH will include several brand-new stories and novelettes written specially for this collection.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20893 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

STARBURST
"A very worth while collection, with hints of what may be coming in future novels. Dark, vicious science fiction."

Review
"A very worth while collection, with hints of what may be coming in future novels. Dark, vicious science fiction." (STARBURST )

"The UK's pre-eminent hard- sci-fi author of the past decade. Let's hope Reynolds has plenty more mind space to explore." (EDGE )

"The stories are written with real energy. Dark, satirical and frequently dystopian. This is gothic SF with gore as Reynolds ensures his taut narratives grip from the first sentence." (Jonathan Wright SFX )

"Dark, gothic and graphic, with tightly composed narratives full of shocks and jaw-dropping moments. Atmosphere and economically-drafted characters are as important as the big ideas." (Dave Golder BBC FOCUS )

Jonathan Wright, SFX
"The stories are written with real energy. Dark, satirical and frequently dystopian. This is gothic SF with gore as Reynolds ensures his taut narratives grip from the first sentence."

Customer Reviews

More excellence from Reynolds
Great short stories written with Reynold's usual style.
For fans of his earlier work, returning to some of the characters and the RS setting was great - I smiled when I saw Clavain's name and enjoyed the additional information about the origins of the conjoiners.
While some of the stories are clearly targeted at RS fans, there is enough in here to keep readers who are new to Reynolds happy and hopefully tempt them to buy his earlier books. Which they should. Immediately.

A few great and some ok stories
If you feel the Alastair Reynolds revelation space series was a fantastic read, you have to buy this book. Not all the stories are in that setting, but the few that are makes the book worth owning all by them selves. The rest is just a bonus.
You will get to know the conjoiners in a much more intimate way. Reynolds is a genious. You will find a story that picks up where the inhibiters left off, what happens to humankind and intelligent life in a world of inhibiters and the runaway greenfly. How did the greenfly come to be? Wonderful imagination. You will love it. The other stories are also good/ok, but they are not why i bought it and not why i gave the book 5 stars.
To Mr. Reynolds: What are you doing reading this? Get back to writing!

More stories from The Mastersinger
Alastair Reynold's future history is as complex, and fascinating, as any I've ever come across.

Revelation Space et. al. are some of THE best hard science fiction I've ever read - and, it has to be said, the stories and novellas in this collection come up to snuff.

With tantalizing details about the universe they're set in, and an incredibly broad scope (where will YOU be in AD Circa 40,000?), this is a must-have for fans of his work. "Great Wall of Mars" and "Galactic North" are the highlights ... the rest, well, are pretty damned good ...

It isn't often that I find a reason to praise modern science fiction - Reynolds gives me one. Great stuff.