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(b.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)
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)
Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies
1. Aurora Rising (2007)
aka The Prefect
2. Elysium Fire (2018)
3. Machine Vendetta (2023)
1. Aurora Rising (2007)
aka The Prefect
2. Elysium Fire (2018)
3. Machine Vendetta (2023)
Poseidon's Children
1. Blue Remembered Earth (2012)
2. On the Steel Breeze (2013)
3. Poseidon's Wake (2015)
1. Blue Remembered Earth (2012)
2. On the Steel Breeze (2013)
3. Poseidon's Wake (2015)
Novels
Century Rain (2004)
Pushing Ice (2005)
House of Suns (2008)
Terminal World (2009)
The Medusa Chronicles (2016) (with Stephen Baxter)
Permafrost (2019)
Eversion (2022)
Pushing Ice (2005)
House of Suns (2008)
Terminal World (2009)
The Medusa Chronicles (2016) (with Stephen Baxter)
Permafrost (2019)
Eversion (2022)
Omnibus
Collections
Zima Blue and Other Stories (2006)
Beyond the Aquila Rift (2008)
Deep Navigation (2010)
Belladonna Nights (2021)
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)
Slow Bullets (2015)
Zima Blue (2009)
Troika (2011)
Sleepover (2012)
Slow Bullets (2015)
Series contributed to
Anthologies edited
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)
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
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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!"
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