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Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Trilogy Book 1) "The human capacity for grief. It just isn’t capable of providing an adequate emotional response" Sale: $19.99 to $2.99 by Alastair Reynolds Rating: 4.2/5 (9,895 Reviews) #ScienceFiction #HardSF #SpaceOpera #Books #RevelationSpace #BookSky
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Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Trilogy Book 1) "The human capacity for grief. It just isn’t capable of providing an adequate emotional response" Sale: $19.99 to $2.99 by Alastair Reynolds Rating: 4.2/5 (9,895 Reviews) #ScienceFiction #HardSF #SpaceOpera #Books #RevelationSpace #BookSky
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Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Trilogy Book 1) "The human capacity for grief. It just isn’t capable of providing an adequate emotional response" Sale: $19.99 to $2.99 by Alastair Reynolds Rating: 4.2/5 (9,895 Reviews) #ScienceFiction #HardSF #SpaceOpera #Books #RevelationSpace #BookSky
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Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Trilogy Book 1) "The human capacity for grief. It just isn’t capable of providing an adequate emotional response" Sale: $19.99 to $2.99 by Alastair Reynolds Rating: 4.2/5 (9,895 Reviews) #ScienceFiction #HardSF #SpaceOpera #Books #RevelationSpace #BookSky
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Rocznice i urodziny:
»60 urodziny Alastaira Reynoldsa«Alastair Preston Reynolds, brytyjski pisarz science fiction, przyszedł na świat 13 marca 1966 roku.
https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/rocznice-urodziny/60-urodziny-alastaira-reynoldsa/
#Fahrenheit_zin #Revenger #NunivakSnowflakes #Enola #Przestrzeńobjawienia #RevelationSpace #PoseidonsChildren
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#ScienceFiction #scifi #novel #review #RevelationSpace
My review of the novel "Inhibitor Phase" by Alastair Reynolds
https://english.netmassimo.com/2025/12/08/inhibitor-phase-by-alastair-reynolds/
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#ScienceFiction #scifi #novel #review #RevelationSpace
My review of the novel "Inhibitor Phase" by Alastair Reynolds
https://english.netmassimo.com/2025/12/08/inhibitor-phase-by-alastair-reynolds/
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#ScienceFiction #scifi #novel #review #RevelationSpace
My review of the novel "Inhibitor Phase" by Alastair Reynolds
https://english.netmassimo.com/2025/12/08/inhibitor-phase-by-alastair-reynolds/
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Read "Revelation Space" by Alastair Reynolds, a story about some future space people investigating the demise of an extinct civilization.
Some of the people are software uploads or implants in other people's brains, or infectious biological agents and things.
The story is galactic in scale across time and space with good world building, a good tale weaving of elements together.
I liked the scene where the woman falling to her death in a lift-shaft remembered she was on a space-ship which only had gravity coz of engine thrust, so saved herself turning the engines off with a wrist controller.
Trouble is I came to it infrequently with long gaps and so struggled to keep track of what's going on quite a bit. Lots of different elements to keep track of.
My fault, should try and concentrate harder and remember things.
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Read "Revelation Space" by Alastair Reynolds, a story about some future space people investigating the demise of an extinct civilization.
Some of the people are software uploads or implants in other people's brains, or infectious biological agents and things.
The story is galactic in scale across time and space with good world building, a good tale weaving of elements together.
I liked the scene where the woman falling to her death in a lift-shaft remembered she was on a space-ship which only had gravity coz of engine thrust, so saved herself turning the engines off with a wrist controller.
Trouble is I came to it infrequently with long gaps and so struggled to keep track of what's going on quite a bit. Lots of different elements to keep track of.
My fault, should try and concentrate harder and remember things.
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Read "Revelation Space" by Alastair Reynolds, a story about some future space people investigating the demise of an extinct civilization.
Some of the people are software uploads or implants in other people's brains, or infectious biological agents and things.
The story is galactic in scale across time and space with good world building, a good tale weaving of elements together.
I liked the scene where the woman falling to her death in a lift-shaft remembered she was on a space-ship which only had gravity coz of engine thrust, so saved herself turning the engines off with a wrist controller.
Trouble is I came to it infrequently with long gaps and so struggled to keep track of what's going on quite a bit. Lots of different elements to keep track of.
My fault, should try and concentrate harder and remember things.
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Read "Revelation Space" by Alastair Reynolds, a story about some future space people investigating the demise of an extinct civilization.
Some of the people are software uploads or implants in other people's brains, or infectious biological agents and things.
The story is galactic in scale across time and space with good world building, a good tale weaving of elements together.
I liked the scene where the woman falling to her death in a lift-shaft remembered she was on a space-ship which only had gravity coz of engine thrust, so saved herself turning the engines off with a wrist controller.
Trouble is I came to it infrequently with long gaps and so struggled to keep track of what's going on quite a bit. Lots of different elements to keep track of.
My fault, should try and concentrate harder and remember things.
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Read "Revelation Space" by Alastair Reynolds, a story about some future space people investigating the demise of an extinct civilization.
Some of the people are software uploads or implants in other people's brains, or infectious biological agents and things.
The story is galactic in scale across time and space with good world building, a good tale weaving of elements together.
I liked the scene where the woman falling to her death in a lift-shaft remembered she was on a space-ship which only had gravity coz of engine thrust, so saved herself turning the engines off with a wrist controller.
Trouble is I came to it infrequently with long gaps and so struggled to keep track of what's going on quite a bit. Lots of different elements to keep track of.
My fault, should try and concentrate harder and remember things.
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Epsilon Eridani b is a Jupiter mass gas giant...Tangerine Dream in Alastair Reynolds #RevelationSpace books!
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
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The Prefect
Alastair Reynolds har begået Revelation space universet og Det var en cool serie. I hvert fald i starten, de første bøger er übercoole og dejlige. De senere blev lidt mere fortænkte og underligt uforløste. Synes jeg.
The Prefect forgår i Revelation space universet, måske 100 år før begivenhederne i Revelation Space. På planeten Yellowstone har demarkisterne deres shining city on a hill. The glitterband, 10.000 habitater, rumstationer og udhulede asteroider, der alle svæver omkring Yellowstone, hjemsted for Chasm City, den største og smukkeste by i den menneskelige dispora.
Demarkisterne går ind for basisdemokrati, hvert habitat har deres eget politiske system og det eneste der er ukrænkeligt er retten til at stemme. Den mindste fornemmelse af snyd, humbug og valgsvindel sørger for at præfekterne sætter ens habitat i karantæne i 100 år.
Lige præcis det starter bogen med. Et habitat har fundet en ny og spændende måde at omgå systemet, så valghandlingen bliver mere biased til fordel for habitatets ledelse, så præfekterne rykker ind og sætter stedet under lockdown.
Samtidigt bliver et andet habitet ødelagt da et stjerneskib tænder deres motorer og rammer habitatet med udstødningen. Instant forbrændt rumstation, alle 950 mennesker derinde dør øjeblikkeligt.
Tilsyneladende to hændelser der ikke har noget med hinanden at gøre, men her skal man ikke lade sig narre. Der er ugler i mosen, og der bliver lagt skumle planer for både Yellowstone og The Glitterband.
Jeg har læst den her bog adskillige gange. I hvert fald tre gange. Første gang var jeg blown away over hvor fed den var, anden gang noget skuffet og tredje gang er jeg okay godt tilfreds, men kan se flere ting der irriterer mig.
Efter afslutningen på revelation space serien, som jeg slet ikke var imponeret over, og andre so-so bøger fra Reynolds side, så er den her rigtig fed. Historien er cool, plottet godt og det rækker tilbage til de andre bøger i serien med nogle gode callbacks.
Starten er rigtig fed, man introduceres til universet, så man altså ikke behøves at have læst Revelation Space serien. Plottet bygges fint op, man aner at der tydeligvis foregår noget skummelt, men ser ikke hele billedet eller hvad der præcis er på spil. Alt sammen meget lækkert.
Problemet opstår da først konflikten bryder ud i lys lue. Her sænker historien farten og farer lidt vild i etiske diskussioner mellem præfekternes ledelse og hovedpersonen, præfekten Tom Dreyfus.
Uden at afsløre hvad der foregår, kunne det være en diskussion mellem Tom Cruise og en amerikansk general i filmen World War Z.
“Skal vi atombombe den smittede by, og dermed sikre vores lands overlevelse?”
“De er borgere i dette land, vi får ikke løn for at atombombe dem og deres drøm om the american way med apple pie og en bil i hver garage!”Sådan en diskussion er spændende nok, men jeg synes den kom lidt ofte her.
Derudover lider den lidt af Ringenes Herre problemet. Main bad guy er ret langt væk, og dukker ikke selv fysisk op. Sauron sidder bare i sit tårn og plotter sine fjenders undergang. Så derfor bliver den primære trussel i bogen, MBGs håndlanger, en korrupt præfekt. Det er også helt okay. Der skal være en fysisk trussel som kan lade ballade for hovedpersonerne, og sikre at der er god spænding i bogen.
Dog lider han lidt af overkompetence, og kan en hel masse ting uden at folk stopper ham i sine gerninger. Især hen mod slutningen bliver det lige rigeligt mens dennes snilde, snedighed og udspekulerethed.
Ja, der skal bruges en fysisk håndlanger, og denne skal gerne være kompetent for at truslen er der – men her virkede det fjollet så kompetent og snedig han var. Havde MBG været mere tilstede kunne truslen være kommet fra den, eller måske en anden håndlanger. Det føltes meget som “oh no, er det endnu engang Jaws der er kommet efter os. Hvordan undslap han den sikre død i den nedstyrtende rumstation!”
Jeg kan godt lide The Prefect. Den er god og cool, men har lidt problemer hist og her.
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The Prefect
Alastair Reynolds har begået Revelation space universet og Det var en cool serie. I hvert fald i starten, de første bøger er übercoole og dejlige. De senere blev lidt mere fortænkte og underligt uforløste. Synes jeg.
The Prefect forgår i Revelation space universet, måske 100 år før begivenhederne i Revelation Space. På planeten Yellowstone har demarkisterne deres shining city on a hill. The glitterband, 10.000 habitater, rumstationer og udhulede asteroider, der alle svæver omkring Yellowstone, hjemsted for Chasm City, den største og smukkeste by i den menneskelige dispora.
Demarkisterne går ind for basisdemokrati, hvert habitat har deres eget politiske system og det eneste der er ukrænkeligt er retten til at stemme. Den mindste fornemmelse af snyd, humbug og valgsvindel sørger for at præfekterne sætter ens habitat i karantæne i 100 år.
Lige præcis det starter bogen med. Et habitat har fundet en ny og spændende måde at omgå systemet, så valghandlingen bliver mere biased til fordel for habitatets ledelse, så præfekterne rykker ind og sætter stedet under lockdown.
Samtidigt bliver et andet habitet ødelagt da et stjerneskib tænder deres motorer og rammer habitatet med udstødningen. Instant forbrændt rumstation, alle 950 mennesker derinde dør øjeblikkeligt.
Tilsyneladende to hændelser der ikke har noget med hinanden at gøre, men her skal man ikke lade sig narre. Der er ugler i mosen, og der bliver lagt skumle planer for både Yellowstone og The Glitterband.
Jeg har læst den her bog adskillige gange. I hvert fald tre gange. Første gang var jeg blown away over hvor fed den var, anden gang noget skuffet og tredje gang er jeg okay godt tilfreds, men kan se flere ting der irriterer mig.
Efter afslutningen på revelation space serien, som jeg slet ikke var imponeret over, og andre so-so bøger fra Reynolds side, så er den her rigtig fed. Historien er cool, plottet godt og det rækker tilbage til de andre bøger i serien med nogle gode callbacks.
Starten er rigtig fed, man introduceres til universet, så man altså ikke behøves at have læst Revelation Space serien. Plottet bygges fint op, man aner at der tydeligvis foregår noget skummelt, men ser ikke hele billedet eller hvad der præcis er på spil. Alt sammen meget lækkert.
Problemet opstår da først konflikten bryder ud i lys lue. Her sænker historien farten og farer lidt vild i etiske diskussioner mellem præfekternes ledelse og hovedpersonen, præfekten Tom Dreyfus.
Uden at afsløre hvad der foregår, kunne det være en diskussion mellem Tom Cruise og en amerikansk general i filmen World War Z.
“Skal vi atombombe den smittede by, og dermed sikre vores lands overlevelse?”
“De er borgere i dette land, vi får ikke løn for at atombombe dem og deres drøm om the american way med apple pie og en bil i hver garage!”Sådan en diskussion er spændende nok, men jeg synes den kom lidt ofte her.
Derudover lider den lidt af Ringenes Herre problemet. Main bad guy er ret langt væk, og dukker ikke selv fysisk op. Sauron sidder bare i sit tårn og plotter sine fjenders undergang. Så derfor bliver den primære trussel i bogen, MBGs håndlanger, en korrupt præfekt. Det er også helt okay. Der skal være en fysisk trussel som kan lade ballade for hovedpersonerne, og sikre at der er god spænding i bogen.
Dog lider han lidt af overkompetence, og kan en hel masse ting uden at folk stopper ham i sine gerninger. Især hen mod slutningen bliver det lige rigeligt mens dennes snilde, snedighed og udspekulerethed.
Ja, der skal bruges en fysisk håndlanger, og denne skal gerne være kompetent for at truslen er der – men her virkede det fjollet så kompetent og snedig han var. Havde MBG været mere tilstede kunne truslen være kommet fra den, eller måske en anden håndlanger. Det føltes meget som “oh no, er det endnu engang Jaws der er kommet efter os. Hvordan undslap han den sikre død i den nedstyrtende rumstation!”
Jeg kan godt lide The Prefect. Den er god og cool, men har lidt problemer hist og her.
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#ScienceFiction #scifi #RevelationSpace
My review of the novel "Machine Vendetta" by Alastair Reynolds https://english.netmassimo.com/2024/11/06/machine-vendetta-by-alastair-reynolds/
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#ScienceFiction #scifi #RevelationSpace
My review of the novel "Machine Vendetta" by Alastair Reynolds https://english.netmassimo.com/2024/11/06/machine-vendetta-by-alastair-reynolds/
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#ScienceFiction #scifi #RevelationSpace
My review of the novel "Machine Vendetta" by Alastair Reynolds https://english.netmassimo.com/2024/11/06/machine-vendetta-by-alastair-reynolds/
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I finished reading Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds.
It was great getting caught up with Prefect Dreyfus. This was a solid book, though probably not my favorite in this portion of Revelation Space.
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I finished reading Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds.
It was great getting caught up with Prefect Dreyfus. This was a solid book, though probably not my favorite in this portion of Revelation Space.
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I finished reading Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds.
It was great getting caught up with Prefect Dreyfus. This was a solid book, though probably not my favorite in this portion of Revelation Space.
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I finished reading Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds.
It was great getting caught up with Prefect Dreyfus. This was a solid book, though probably not my favorite in this portion of Revelation Space.
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I finished reading Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds.
It was great getting caught up with Prefect Dreyfus. This was a solid book, though probably not my favorite in this portion of Revelation Space.
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@factolvictor @bookstodon This is an absolute belter of a book. My review is at https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=revelation-space; it has mild spoilers (but nothing revealing!), but if you need motivation to read the book you'll find it right there.
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@factolvictor @bookstodon This is an absolute belter of a book. My review is at https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=revelation-space; it has mild spoilers (but nothing revealing!), but if you need motivation to read the book you'll find it right there.
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@factolvictor @bookstodon This is an absolute belter of a book. My review is at https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=revelation-space; it has mild spoilers (but nothing revealing!), but if you need motivation to read the book you'll find it right there.
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@factolvictor @bookstodon This is an absolute belter of a book. My review is at https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=revelation-space; it has mild spoilers (but nothing revealing!), but if you need motivation to read the book you'll find it right there.
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@factolvictor @bookstodon This is an absolute belter of a book. My review is at https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=revelation-space; it has mild spoilers (but nothing revealing!), but if you need motivation to read the book you'll find it right there.
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I have finished reading Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds. Another good collection of short stories. It was good to get some more time with Nevil Clavain, and to see some of the Sol system events that really kicked everything off. Nightingale reminded me a lot of Diamond Dogs - it's a bit like if Rendezvous With Rama were a horror story.
If you've invested time in reading the Revelation Space books, this is a worthwhile addition.
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I have finished reading Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds. Another good collection of short stories. It was good to get some more time with Nevil Clavain, and to see some of the Sol system events that really kicked everything off. Nightingale reminded me a lot of Diamond Dogs - it's a bit like if Rendezvous With Rama were a horror story.
If you've invested time in reading the Revelation Space books, this is a worthwhile addition.
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I have finished reading Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds. Another good collection of short stories. It was good to get some more time with Nevil Clavain, and to see some of the Sol system events that really kicked everything off. Nightingale reminded me a lot of Diamond Dogs - it's a bit like if Rendezvous With Rama were a horror story.
If you've invested time in reading the Revelation Space books, this is a worthwhile addition.
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I have finished reading Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds. Another good collection of short stories. It was good to get some more time with Nevil Clavain, and to see some of the Sol system events that really kicked everything off. Nightingale reminded me a lot of Diamond Dogs - it's a bit like if Rendezvous With Rama were a horror story.
If you've invested time in reading the Revelation Space books, this is a worthwhile addition.
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I have finished reading Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds. Another good collection of short stories. It was good to get some more time with Nevil Clavain, and to see some of the Sol system events that really kicked everything off. Nightingale reminded me a lot of Diamond Dogs - it's a bit like if Rendezvous With Rama were a horror story.
If you've invested time in reading the Revelation Space books, this is a worthwhile addition.
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I #AmReading Galactic North, a series of short stories by Alastair Reynolds
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Set in the Revelation Space universe, this is the first short story collection by the author who has been called "one of SF's best and most ambitious novelists." Includes: "Great Wall of Mars," "Glacial," "A Spy in Europa," "Weather," "Dilation Sleep," "Grafenwalder's Bestiary," "Nightingale," and "Galactic North."https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/45f3dafe-00f7-4cf7-b9ff-23cdfb95deb9
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I #AmReading Galactic North, a series of short stories by Alastair Reynolds
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Set in the Revelation Space universe, this is the first short story collection by the author who has been called "one of SF's best and most ambitious novelists." Includes: "Great Wall of Mars," "Glacial," "A Spy in Europa," "Weather," "Dilation Sleep," "Grafenwalder's Bestiary," "Nightingale," and "Galactic North."https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/45f3dafe-00f7-4cf7-b9ff-23cdfb95deb9
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I #AmReading Galactic North, a series of short stories by Alastair Reynolds
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Set in the Revelation Space universe, this is the first short story collection by the author who has been called "one of SF's best and most ambitious novelists." Includes: "Great Wall of Mars," "Glacial," "A Spy in Europa," "Weather," "Dilation Sleep," "Grafenwalder's Bestiary," "Nightingale," and "Galactic North."https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/45f3dafe-00f7-4cf7-b9ff-23cdfb95deb9
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I #AmReading Galactic North, a series of short stories by Alastair Reynolds
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Set in the Revelation Space universe, this is the first short story collection by the author who has been called "one of SF's best and most ambitious novelists." Includes: "Great Wall of Mars," "Glacial," "A Spy in Europa," "Weather," "Dilation Sleep," "Grafenwalder's Bestiary," "Nightingale," and "Galactic North."https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/45f3dafe-00f7-4cf7-b9ff-23cdfb95deb9
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I #AmReading Galactic North, a series of short stories by Alastair Reynolds
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Set in the Revelation Space universe, this is the first short story collection by the author who has been called "one of SF's best and most ambitious novelists." Includes: "Great Wall of Mars," "Glacial," "A Spy in Europa," "Weather," "Dilation Sleep," "Grafenwalder's Bestiary," "Nightingale," and "Galactic North."https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/45f3dafe-00f7-4cf7-b9ff-23cdfb95deb9
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I finished reading Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds.
This one was not horror-like, which was nice. Always good to see the Pattern Jugglers feature in a story. Such an interesting idea, and so little is known about them in the series.
Between the two I think Diamond Dogs was probably my favorite of these two stories. Both great additions to the universe though. Also seemed there may have been a reference to Diamond Dogs in Turquoise Days.
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I finished reading Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds.
This one was not horror-like, which was nice. Always good to see the Pattern Jugglers feature in a story. Such an interesting idea, and so little is known about them in the series.
Between the two I think Diamond Dogs was probably my favorite of these two stories. Both great additions to the universe though. Also seemed there may have been a reference to Diamond Dogs in Turquoise Days.
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I finished reading Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds.
This one was not horror-like, which was nice. Always good to see the Pattern Jugglers feature in a story. Such an interesting idea, and so little is known about them in the series.
Between the two I think Diamond Dogs was probably my favorite of these two stories. Both great additions to the universe though. Also seemed there may have been a reference to Diamond Dogs in Turquoise Days.
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I finished reading Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds.
This one was not horror-like, which was nice. Always good to see the Pattern Jugglers feature in a story. Such an interesting idea, and so little is known about them in the series.
Between the two I think Diamond Dogs was probably my favorite of these two stories. Both great additions to the universe though. Also seemed there may have been a reference to Diamond Dogs in Turquoise Days.
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I finished reading Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds.
This one was not horror-like, which was nice. Always good to see the Pattern Jugglers feature in a story. Such an interesting idea, and so little is known about them in the series.
Between the two I think Diamond Dogs was probably my favorite of these two stories. Both great additions to the universe though. Also seemed there may have been a reference to Diamond Dogs in Turquoise Days.
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I finished reading Diamond Dogs by Alastair Reynolds. Now on to Turquoise Days.
Diamond Dogs turned out to be a bit more body horror than I had expected. Interesting read, but glad it wasn't expanded out into a full length novel.