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A collection of eight short stories and novellas—including three never before seen—in the dark and turbulent world of Alastair Reynolds’ Revelation Space universe.
Centuries from now, solidarity stretches thin as humanity spreads past the solar system and to the nearest stars. Technology has produced powerful new tools—but lethal risk will always accompany great advancement.
And without foresight, opposing groups may fracture multiple worlds. Between the Demarchists and the Conjoiners, the basic right to expand human intelligence—beyond its natural limits—has become a war-worthy cause. Only vast lighthugger starships bind these squabbling colonies together, manned by the panicky and paranoid Ultras. And the hyperpigs just try to keep their heads down.
The rich get richer. And everyone tries not to think about the worrying number of extinct alien civilizations turning up on the outer reaches of settled space...because who’s to say that humanity won’t be next?
Centuries from now, solidarity stretches thin as humanity spreads past the solar system and to the nearest stars. Technology has produced powerful new tools—but lethal risk will always accompany great advancement.
And without foresight, opposing groups may fracture multiple worlds. Between the Demarchists and the Conjoiners, the basic right to expand human intelligence—beyond its natural limits—has become a war-worthy cause. Only vast lighthugger starships bind these squabbling colonies together, manned by the panicky and paranoid Ultras. And the hyperpigs just try to keep their heads down.
The rich get richer. And everyone tries not to think about the worrying number of extinct alien civilizations turning up on the outer reaches of settled space...because who’s to say that humanity won’t be next?
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Alastair Reynolds is the author of the Poseidon’s Children series and the Revelation Space series. Born in Barry, South Wales, he studied at Newcastle University and the University of St. Andrews. A former astrophysicist for the European Space Agency, he now writes full-time.
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“A bracing read, a cold shower for the mind.”—Time Out London
“Reveals [Reynolds’s] essential approach to the whole notion of future history.”—Locus
“While the settings are classic Sci-Fi, the stories are character driven and interesting. There is a bit of mystery, the macabre and the fantastic in each...will take you back to the days when Pohl, Clarke, and Niven were new to your eyes.”—Fresh Fiction
“A bracing read, a cold shower for the mind.”—Time Out London
“Reveals [Reynolds’s] essential approach to the whole notion of future history.”—Locus
“While the settings are classic Sci-Fi, the stories are character driven and interesting. There is a bit of mystery, the macabre and the fantastic in each...will take you back to the days when Pohl, Clarke, and Niven were new to your eyes.”—Fresh Fiction
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