Rating: 4/5 Alastair Reynolds, Zima Blue (London: Gollancz, 2009). I had forgotten how much I enjoy Alastair Reynolds’s writing. He is an expert in the “space opera” genre. Short stories give authors a great opportunity to distill a story down to its very essence. Reynolds does not waste words. I really enjoyed this...
Rating: 4/5 Alastair Reynolds, Revelation Space (Ace/Berkeley Pub., 2000). ———, Redemption Ark (Gollancz, c.2002). ———, Absolution Gap (Gollancz, 2003). I recently finished the Revelation Space trilogy by Alistair Reynolds. The other books are Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap. I have to say, I really enjoyed the...
Rating: 4/5 Alastair Reynolds, The Prefect (Gollancz, 2008). Well I’m on a bit of an Alastair Reynolds kick at the moment. Like music, when I find something I like, I tend to try to listen to/read everything that person did to get the whole picture. Sometimes I am disappointed and stay focused on a few specific works,...
Rating: 4/5 Alastair Reynolds, The Six Directions of Space (Subterranean Press, 2008). There is a special art to writing a short story, a particular balance you have to maintain between giving the reader too much information about topics you’ll never have room to fully explore, and making sure they have enough to get...
Rating: 4/5 Alastair Reynolds, House of Suns (Gollancz, 2009). I just finished the book House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds over the weekend. If you enjoy sci-fi, then I heartily recommend this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and found I just could not put it down. It’s a mildly dense read (I dunno, 12 hours if you went...