427 followers

Alastair Reynolds

(b.1966)

Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. REVELATION SPACE and PUSHING ICE were shortlisted for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD; REVELATION SPACE, ABSOLUTION GAP, DIAMOND DOGS and CENTURY RAIN were shortlisted for the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD and CHASM CITY won the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD.

Genres: Science Fiction

Series

Revelation Space
   1. Revelation Space (2000)
   2. Chasm City (2001)
   3. Redemption Ark (2002)
   4. Absolution Gap (2003)
   5. Inhibitor Phase (2021)
   Diamond Dogs (2001)
   Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (2003)
   Galactic North (2006)

Inspector Drefus
   1. The Prefect (2007)
     aka Aurora Rising
   2. Elysium Fire (2018)

Poseidon's Children
   1. Blue Remembered Earth (2012)
   2. On the Steel Breeze (2013)
   3. Poseidon's Wake (2015)

Merlin
Merlin's Gun (2012)
The Iron Tactician (2016)

Medusa Chronicles (with Stephen Baxter)
The Medusa Chronicles (2016)

Revenger Universe
   1. Revenger (2016)
   2. Shadow Captain (2019)
   3. Bone Silence (2020)

Novels

   Century Rain (2004)
   Pushing Ice (2005)
   House of Suns (2008)
   Terminal World (2009)
   Permafrost (2019)
   Eversion (2022)

Omnibus

Thousandth Night / Minla's Flowers (2009)

Collections

   Zima Blue and Other Stories (2006)
   Beyond the Aquila Rift (2008)
   Deep Navigation (2010)
   Belladonna Nights (2021)

Novellas

   The Six Directions of Space (2008)
   Zima Blue (2009)
   Troika (2011)
   Sleepover (2012)
   Thousandth Night (2013)
   Slow Bullets (2015)

Series contributed to

Doctor Who : Third Doctor
Harvest of Time (2013)

Anthologies edited

War and Space (2012) (with Rich Horton and Sean Wallace)

Anthologies containing stories by Alastair Reynolds

The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 11th Annual Collection (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)

Short stories

	A Spy in Europa (1997)
	Galactic North [short story] (1999)
	The Great Wall of Mars (2000)

Awards

	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2001) : Revelation Space
	British Science Fiction Association Best Novel winner (2001) : Chasm City
	British Science Fiction Association Best Novel nominee (2003) : Absolution Gap
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2006) : Pushing Ice
	British Science Fiction Association Best Novel nominee (2007) : The Prefect
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2009) : House of Suns
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2013) : Blue Remembered Earth
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2014) : On the Steel Breeze
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2017) : The Medusa Chronicles
	Philip K Dick Award Best Book nominee (2017) : Revenger

Alastair Reynolds recommends

Perdido Street Station (2000)
(New Crobuzon, book 1)
China Miéville
"...something very special indeed. At 700 pages it's not to be taken lightly, but I defy anyone to stop once they've allowed themselves to be drawn into the amazing, intricate and grotesque world he has created."

The Well of Stars (2004)
(Great Ship, book 2)
Robert Reed
"Wonderful far-future SF of the best kind: Imaginative, epic, mind-blowing."

Gardens of the Sun (2009)
(Quiet War, book 2)
Paul McAuley
"A writer of dazzling range, luminous intelligence and great humanity."

Ninefox Gambit (2016)
(Machineries Of Empire trilogy, book 1)
Yoon Ha Lee
"Ninefox Gambit is an effortlessly accomplished SF novel. Yoon Ha lee has arrived in spectacular fashion."

Daughter of Eden (2016)
(Dark Eden , book 3)
Chris Beckett
"A rising star of British SF_Beckett should be on the radar of anyone who professes concern for science fiction as a literary form."

Salvation (2018)
(Salvation Sequence, book 1)
Peter F Hamilton
"Hamilton knows how to build a world, and he’s one of the best in the field at imagining complex societies. Just as important, though, he knows how to populate his future environments with real-seeming people whose lives extend beyond the page. Salvation is a twisty and hugely satisfying SF thriller that opens a portal on a new and exciting series."

Nophek Gloss (2020)
(Graven, book 1)
Essa Hansen
"Nophek Gloss is a sucker-punch to the senses, a delicious and delirious head-trip into an intricate, vivid and psychedelic cosmos of nested universes, exotic tech and gorgeously strange characters. Best of all, though, it's wrapped around a killer story with real heart and soul."

Artifact Space (2021)
Miles Cameron
"Take an extremely likeable hero, throw in a clever and engaging re-mapping of real-world naval aviation procedures onto a detailed futuristic canvas, then wrap the whole thing up in a satisfyingly mysterious universe with some intriguing aliens, and you have a winner!"

Visitors to this page also looked at these authors

Christopher G Nuttall