Revelation Space

“Intensely compelling; darkly intelligent; hugely ambitious.” –Paul J. McAuley, author of Ancients of Days “A terrific treat. I was hooked from page one. Billion-year-gone alien wars, killer intelligences–and perhaps the most stunning and original alien artifact in modern science fiction–and all rendered with the authentic voice of a working scientist. Ferociously intelligent and imbued with a chilling logic–it may really be like this Out There.” –Stephen Baxter, co-author of The Light of Other Days “A striking first novel. Revelation Space delivers the goods. Certain to be one of the year’s most impressive debut novels, and one of the most significant large-scale epics of the year. Reynolds is the next writer to watch in the resurrection of the conceptually intelligent space opera.” –Gary Wolfe, Locus “Complicated, and very clever and well-written…a spectacular first novel.”–Aboriginal SF“A delight. A refreshing and entertaining reconsideration of some of the genre’s oldest tropes. An impressive first novel, quite possibly the space opera of the year. Watch for it at awards time.”–Jonathan Strahan, Locus

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.