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464 pages
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1 June 2010
Summary
Reynolds’ pursuit of truth is not limited to wide-angle star smashing - not that stars don’t get pulverized when one character is gifted (or cursed) with an awful weapon by the legendary Merlin. Reynolds’ protagonists find themselves in situations of betrayal, whether by a loved one’s accidental death, as in ‘Signal to Noise’, or by a trusted wartime authority, in ‘Spirey and the Queen’. His fertile imagination can resurrect Elton John on Mars in ‘Understanding Space and Time’ or make prophet…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780575084551 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0575084553 |
| Author: | Alastair Reynolds |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 29mm |
| Series: | Gollancz |
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Critics Review
Inventive, thought-provoking stuff with some ingenious ideas– BBC
HOUSE OF SUNS works brilliantly as a fantastic tour of a distant future and as a remarkable expression of the author’s imagination. The author does carry off a story conceived on a scale rarely seen in science fiction. - The Weekend Australian.
About The Author
Alastair Reynolds
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. Since 1991 he has lived in the Netherlands, near Leiden. He gave up 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.
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