Alastair Reynolds
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Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 1966) is a British science fiction author. He specialises in dark hard science fiction
and space opera
. He spent his early years in Cornwall
, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle, where he read physics
and astronomy
. Afterwards, he earned a PhD
from St Andrews, Scotland
. In 1991, he moved to Noordwijk
in the Netherlands where he met his wife Josette (who is from France). There, he worked for the European Space Research and Technology Centre
, part of the European Space Agency
, until 2004 when he left to pursue writing full time. He returned to Wales in 2008 and lives near Cardiff
.
. In 1991 Reynolds graduated and moved from Scotland to the Netherlands to work at ESA. He then started spending much of his writing time on a first novel, which eventually turned into Revelation Space
, while the few short stories he submitted from 1991-1995 were rejected. This ended in 1995 when his story "Byrd Land Six" was published, which he says marked the beginning of a more serious phase of writing. he has published over forty shorter works and nine novel
s. His works are hard science fiction veiled behind space opera and noir toned stories, and reflect his professional expertise with physics and astronomy, included by extrapolating future technologies in terms that are consistent, for the most part, with current science. Reynolds has said he prefers to keep the science in his books to what he personally believes will be possible, and he does not believe faster-than-light travel will ever be possible, but that he adopts science he believes will be impossible when it is necessary for the story. Most of Reynolds's novels contain multiple storylines that originally appear to be completely unrelated, but merge later in the story.
Five of his novels and several of his short stories take place within one consistent future universe, usually now called the Revelation Space universe
after the first novel published in it, although it was originally developed in short stories for several years before the first novel. Although most characters appear in more than one novel, the works set within this future timeline rarely have the same protagonist
s twice. Often the protagonists from one work belong to a group that is regarded with suspicion or enmity by the protagonists of another work. While a great deal of science fiction reflects either very optimistic or dystopia
n visions of the human future, Reynolds's future worlds are notable in that human societies have not departed to either positive or negative extremes, but instead are similar to those of today in terms of moral ambiguity and a mixture of cruelty and decency, corruption
and opportunity, despite their technology being dramatically advanced.
The Revelation Space series includes five novels, two novellas, and eight short stories set over a span of several centuries, spanning approximately 2200 to 40 000, although the novels are all set in a 300 year period spanning from 2427 to 2727. In this universe, extraterrestrial sentience exists but is elusive, and interstellar travel
is primarily undertaken by a class of vessel called a lighthugger which only approaches the speed of light (faster than light travel is possible, but it is so dangerous that no race uses it). Fermi's paradox is explained as resulting from the activities of an inorganic alien race referred to by its victims as the Inhibitors, which exterminates sentient races if they proceed above a certain level of technology. The trilogy consisting of Revelation Space
, Redemption Ark
and Absolution Gap
(the Inhibitor trilogy) deal with humanity coming to the attention of the inhibitors and the resultant war between them.
Century Rain
takes place in a future universe independent of the Revelation Space universe and has different rules, such as faster-than-light travel being possible through a system of portals similar to wormholes. Century Rain also departs substantially from Reynolds's previous works, both in having a protagonist who is much closer to the perspective of our real world (in fact he is from a version of our past), serving as a proxy for the reader in confronting the unfamiliarity of the advanced science fiction aspects and in having a much more linear storytelling process. Reynolds's previous protagonists started out fully absorbed in the exoticisms of the future setting and his previous Revelation Space works have several interlinked story threads, not necessarily contemporaneous. According to Alastair himself, no sequel will ever be made on Century Rain (all the others remain at least potentially open).
Pushing Ice
is also a standalone story, with characters from much less distant in the future than in any of his other novels, set into a framework storyline that extends much further into the future of humanity than any of his previous novels. It contains an alternative interpretation of the Fermi paradox
: intelligent sentient life in this universe is extremely scarce.
The Prefect
marked a return to the Revelation Space universe. Like Chasm City
, it is a stand-alone novel within the Revelation Space universe. It is set prior to any of the other Revelation Space novels, though still 200 years after the original human settlement of the Epsilon Eridani system. It was published in the United Kingdom on 2 April 2007.
House of Suns
is a standalone novel set in the same universe as his novella "Thousandth Night" from the One Million A.D.
anthology. It was released in the UK on 17 April 2008 and in the US on 2 June 2009. Reynolds described it as "Six million years in the future, starfaring clones, tensions between human and robot metacivilisations, King Crimson jokes."
His latest novel is Terminal World, published in March 2010. Reynolds described it as "a kind of steampunk
-tinged planetary romance, set in the distant future".
In June 2009 Reynolds signed a new deal, worth £1 million, with his British publishers for ten books to be published over the next ten years.
He is presently working on the first novel in a trilogy called Poseidon's Children (Previously know by Reynolds working title, the 11k series), a hard sf trilogy dealing with the expansion of the human species into the solar system and beyond, and the emergence of Africa as a spacefaring, technological super-state several centuries down the line over the next 11,000 years. The first book will be titled Blue Remembered Earth, book 1 of Poseidon's Children.
for Best Translated Short Fiction. His novels Absolution Gap and The Prefect have also been nominated for previous BSFA awards. Reynolds has been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award
three times, for his novels Revelation Space, Pushing Ice and House of Suns. In 2010, he won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History
for his short story "The Fixation". His novella Troika made the shortlist for the 2011 Hugo Awards.
Hard science fiction
Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail, or on scientific accuracy, or on both. The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell, Jr.'s Islands of Space in Astounding Science...
and space opera
Space opera
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in outer space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing advanced technologies and abilities. The term has no relation to music and it is analogous to "soap...
. He spent his early years in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle, where he read physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
. Afterwards, he earned a PhD
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
from St Andrews, Scotland
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
. In 1991, he moved to Noordwijk
Noordwijk
Noordwijk is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 51.53 km² and had a population of 24,707 in May 2006....
in the Netherlands where he met his wife Josette (who is from France). There, he worked for the European Space Research and Technology Centre
European Space Research and Technology Centre
The European Space Research and Technology Centre is the European Space Agency's main technology development and test centre for spacecraft and space technology. It is situated in Noordwijk, South Holland, in the western Netherlands....
, part of the European Space Agency
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...
, until 2004 when he left to pursue writing full time. He returned to Wales in 2008 and lives near Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
.
Works
Reynolds wrote his first four published science fiction short stories while still a graduate student, in 1989-1991; they appeared in 1990-1992, his first sale being to InterzoneInterzone (magazine)
Interzone is an award-winning British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, Interzone is the eighth longest-running science fiction magazine in history and the longest-running British SF magazine...
. In 1991 Reynolds graduated and moved from Scotland to the Netherlands to work at ESA. He then started spending much of his writing time on a first novel, which eventually turned into Revelation Space
Revelation Space
Revelation Space is a 2000 science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel set in the Revelation Space universe, although the then-unnamed universe had already been established by several published short stories....
, while the few short stories he submitted from 1991-1995 were rejected. This ended in 1995 when his story "Byrd Land Six" was published, which he says marked the beginning of a more serious phase of writing. he has published over forty shorter works and nine novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s. His works are hard science fiction veiled behind space opera and noir toned stories, and reflect his professional expertise with physics and astronomy, included by extrapolating future technologies in terms that are consistent, for the most part, with current science. Reynolds has said he prefers to keep the science in his books to what he personally believes will be possible, and he does not believe faster-than-light travel will ever be possible, but that he adopts science he believes will be impossible when it is necessary for the story. Most of Reynolds's novels contain multiple storylines that originally appear to be completely unrelated, but merge later in the story.
Five of his novels and several of his short stories take place within one consistent future universe, usually now called the Revelation Space universe
Revelation Space universe
The Revelation Space universe is a fictional universe which was created by Alastair Reynolds and used as the setting for a number of his novels and stories...
after the first novel published in it, although it was originally developed in short stories for several years before the first novel. Although most characters appear in more than one novel, the works set within this future timeline rarely have the same protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
s twice. Often the protagonists from one work belong to a group that is regarded with suspicion or enmity by the protagonists of another work. While a great deal of science fiction reflects either very optimistic or dystopia
Dystopia
A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterized in books like Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four...
n visions of the human future, Reynolds's future worlds are notable in that human societies have not departed to either positive or negative extremes, but instead are similar to those of today in terms of moral ambiguity and a mixture of cruelty and decency, corruption
Political corruption
Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by...
and opportunity, despite their technology being dramatically advanced.
The Revelation Space series includes five novels, two novellas, and eight short stories set over a span of several centuries, spanning approximately 2200 to 40 000, although the novels are all set in a 300 year period spanning from 2427 to 2727. In this universe, extraterrestrial sentience exists but is elusive, and interstellar travel
Interstellar travel
Interstellar space travel is manned or unmanned travel between stars. The concept of interstellar travel in starships is a staple of science fiction. Interstellar travel is much more difficult than interplanetary travel. Intergalactic travel, or travel between different galaxies, is even more...
is primarily undertaken by a class of vessel called a lighthugger which only approaches the speed of light (faster than light travel is possible, but it is so dangerous that no race uses it). Fermi's paradox is explained as resulting from the activities of an inorganic alien race referred to by its victims as the Inhibitors, which exterminates sentient races if they proceed above a certain level of technology. The trilogy consisting of Revelation Space
Revelation Space
Revelation Space is a 2000 science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel set in the Revelation Space universe, although the then-unnamed universe had already been established by several published short stories....
, Redemption Ark
Redemption Ark
Redemption Ark is a 2002 hard science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It is the second book in the Revelation Space series , and it continues the story of Nevil Clavain begun in the short stories "Great Wall of Mars" and "Glacial"...
and Absolution Gap
Absolution Gap
Absolution Gap is a 2003 science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It takes place in the Revelation Space universe and is a direct sequel to Redemption Ark.-Plot summary:...
(the Inhibitor trilogy) deal with humanity coming to the attention of the inhibitors and the resultant war between them.
Century Rain
Century Rain
Century Rain is a 2004 noir science fiction alternate history mystery novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds .- Plot summary :...
takes place in a future universe independent of the Revelation Space universe and has different rules, such as faster-than-light travel being possible through a system of portals similar to wormholes. Century Rain also departs substantially from Reynolds's previous works, both in having a protagonist who is much closer to the perspective of our real world (in fact he is from a version of our past), serving as a proxy for the reader in confronting the unfamiliarity of the advanced science fiction aspects and in having a much more linear storytelling process. Reynolds's previous protagonists started out fully absorbed in the exoticisms of the future setting and his previous Revelation Space works have several interlinked story threads, not necessarily contemporaneous. According to Alastair himself, no sequel will ever be made on Century Rain (all the others remain at least potentially open).
Pushing Ice
Pushing Ice
Pushing Ice is a 2005 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. According to Reynolds' Web site, the story takes place in a universe separate and distinct from his Revelation Space universe.- Plot summary:...
is also a standalone story, with characters from much less distant in the future than in any of his other novels, set into a framework storyline that extends much further into the future of humanity than any of his previous novels. It contains an alternative interpretation of the Fermi paradox
Fermi paradox
The Fermi paradox is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations and the lack of evidence for, or contact with, such civilizations....
: intelligent sentient life in this universe is extremely scarce.
The Prefect
The Prefect
The Prefect is a 2007 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds . It is the fifth novel set in the Revelation Space universe, and takes place prior to the four previously released Revelation Space novels, but after some of the short stories...
marked a return to the Revelation Space universe. Like Chasm City
Chasm City
Chasm City is a 2001 science fiction novel by author Alastair Reynolds, set in the Revelation Space universe. It deals with themes of identity, memory, and immortality, and many of its scenes are concerned primarily with describing the unusual societal and physical structure of the titular city, a...
, it is a stand-alone novel within the Revelation Space universe. It is set prior to any of the other Revelation Space novels, though still 200 years after the original human settlement of the Epsilon Eridani system. It was published in the United Kingdom on 2 April 2007.
House of Suns
House of Suns
House of Suns is a 2008 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds . He announced the title on June 7, 2007, when he was about halfway through writing it...
is a standalone novel set in the same universe as his novella "Thousandth Night" from the One Million A.D.
One Million A.D.
One Million A.D. is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2005.-Contents:The book includes 6 novellas, all commissioned for this book and published here for the first time. The stories are all supposed to take place in the year One Million A.D...
anthology. It was released in the UK on 17 April 2008 and in the US on 2 June 2009. Reynolds described it as "Six million years in the future, starfaring clones, tensions between human and robot metacivilisations, King Crimson jokes."
His latest novel is Terminal World, published in March 2010. Reynolds described it as "a kind of steampunk
Steampunk
Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United...
-tinged planetary romance, set in the distant future".
In June 2009 Reynolds signed a new deal, worth £1 million, with his British publishers for ten books to be published over the next ten years.
He is presently working on the first novel in a trilogy called Poseidon's Children (Previously know by Reynolds working title, the 11k series), a hard sf trilogy dealing with the expansion of the human species into the solar system and beyond, and the emergence of Africa as a spacefaring, technological super-state several centuries down the line over the next 11,000 years. The first book will be titled Blue Remembered Earth, book 1 of Poseidon's Children.
Awards and nominations
Reynolds's fiction has received three awards and several other nominations. His second novel Chasm City won the 2001 British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel. His short story "Weather" won the Japanese National Science Fiction Convention's Seiun AwardSeiun Award
The is a Japanese science fiction award for the best science fiction published in Japan during the preceding year, as voted by attendees of the Japan Science Fiction Convention. "Seiun" is the Japanese word for "nebula", but the award is not related to the American Nebula Award. It was named after...
for Best Translated Short Fiction. His novels Absolution Gap and The Prefect have also been nominated for previous BSFA awards. Reynolds has been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award
Arthur C. Clarke Award
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. The award was established with a grant from Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987...
three times, for his novels Revelation Space, Pushing Ice and House of Suns. In 2010, he won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History
Sidewise Award for Alternate History
The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year.The awards take their name from the 1934 short story "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with...
for his short story "The Fixation". His novella Troika made the shortlist for the 2011 Hugo Awards.
Revelation Space
- Revelation SpaceRevelation SpaceRevelation Space is a 2000 science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel set in the Revelation Space universe, although the then-unnamed universe had already been established by several published short stories....
. London: Gollancz, 2000. ISBN 0-575-06875-2 - Chasm CityChasm CityChasm City is a 2001 science fiction novel by author Alastair Reynolds, set in the Revelation Space universe. It deals with themes of identity, memory, and immortality, and many of its scenes are concerned primarily with describing the unusual societal and physical structure of the titular city, a...
. London: Gollancz, 2001. ISBN 0-575-06877-9 - Redemption ArkRedemption ArkRedemption Ark is a 2002 hard science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It is the second book in the Revelation Space series , and it continues the story of Nevil Clavain begun in the short stories "Great Wall of Mars" and "Glacial"...
. London: Gollancz, 2002. ISBN 0-575-06879-5 - Absolution GapAbsolution GapAbsolution Gap is a 2003 science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It takes place in the Revelation Space universe and is a direct sequel to Redemption Ark.-Plot summary:...
. London: Gollancz, 2003. ISBN 0-575-07434-5 - The PrefectThe PrefectThe Prefect is a 2007 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds . It is the fifth novel set in the Revelation Space universe, and takes place prior to the four previously released Revelation Space novels, but after some of the short stories...
. London: Gollancz, 2007, ISBN 0-575-07716-6
Other
- Century RainCentury RainCentury Rain is a 2004 noir science fiction alternate history mystery novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds .- Plot summary :...
. London: Gollancz, 2004. ISBN 0-575-07436-1 - Pushing IcePushing IcePushing Ice is a 2005 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. According to Reynolds' Web site, the story takes place in a universe separate and distinct from his Revelation Space universe.- Plot summary:...
. London: Gollancz, 2005. ISBN 0-575-07438-8 - House of SunsHouse of SunsHouse of Suns is a 2008 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds . He announced the title on June 7, 2007, when he was about halfway through writing it...
. London: Gollancz, 2008, ISBN 0-575-07717-4 - Terminal WorldTerminal WorldTerminal World is a 2010 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds . It is a standalone novel set in the distant future, and it chronicles the journey of Quillon, a pathologist forced into exile. The Gollancz hardcover edition of the book was published in March 2010 in the United...
, London: Gollancz, 2010, ISBN 0-575-07718-8
Collections
- Diamond Dogs, Turquoise DaysDiamond Dogs, Turquoise DaysDiamond Dogs, Turquoise Days is a 2003 compilation of two science fiction novellas by writer Alastair Reynolds. Both are set in the Revelation Space universe, but are almost entirely unconnected with the plots of any of the novels in the same story arc....
. London: Gollancz, 2003. ISBN 0-575-07526-0 - Zima Blue and Other StoriesZima Blue and Other StoriesZima Blue and Other Stories is the first collection of short works by Alastair Reynolds. It was published in September 2006, by Night Shade Books. It includes ten stories, most of them long out of print...
. San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2006. ISBN 1-59780-058-9 (Contains nearly all of the author's non-Revelation Space universe stories at the time of publication.)- Zima Blue and Other Stories. London: Gollancz, 2009. ISBN 0-575-08405-6 (British edition with three stories not included in the original publication. Introduction by Paul McAuleyPaul McAuleyPaul J. McAuley , a British botanist and award-winning author.A biologist by training, UK science fiction author McAuley writes mostly hard science fiction, dealing with themes such as biotechnology, alternate history/alternate reality, and space travel.McAuley began with far-future space opera...
.)
- Zima Blue and Other Stories. London: Gollancz, 2009. ISBN 0-575-08405-6 (British edition with three stories not included in the original publication. Introduction by Paul McAuley
- Galactic NorthGalactic NorthGalactic North is a collection of short stories by the science fiction author Alastair Reynolds...
. London: Gollancz, 2006. ISBN 0-575-07910-X (Contains all novellas and short stories in the Revelation Space universeRevelation Space universeThe Revelation Space universe is a fictional universe which was created by Alastair Reynolds and used as the setting for a number of his novels and stories...
up to 2006, except those in Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days) - Deep NavigationDeep NavigationDeep Navigation is a collection of short stories by Alastair Reynolds. It was published in February 2010 for the 47th annual Boskone Science Fiction Convention where Reynolds was the Guest of Honour. The collection brings together a number of Reynolds short stories both old and new...
. Farmington, MA: NESFANew England Science Fiction AssociationThe New England Science Fiction Association, or NESFA, is a science fiction club centered in the New England area. It was founded in 1967, "by fans who wanted to do things in addition to socializing"...
Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-886778-90-0 (Limited edition containing stories either not included in, or published after the earlier collections. Introduction by Stephen BaxterStephen BaxterStephen Baxter is a prolific British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.- Writing style :...
.)
Revelation Space
- "Great Wall of Mars" - Originally published in Spectrum SF #1 (February 2000); reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2001...
(2001, ISBN 0-312-27465-3), Gardner DozoisGardner DozoisGardner Raymond Dozois is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004...
, ed.; and in Galactic North - "Glacial" - Originally published in Spectrum SF #5 (March 2001); reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2002...
(2002, ISBN 0-312-28879-4), Gardner Dozois, ed.; and in Year's Best SF 7Year's Best SF 7Year's Best SF 7 is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer that was published in 2002...
(2002, ISBN 0-06-106143-3), David G. HartwellDavid G. HartwellDavid Geddes Hartwell is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet , Berkley Putnam , Pocket , and Tor Books David Geddes Hartwell (b. July 10, 1941) is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet (1971–1973), Berkley Putnam...
& Kathryn CramerKathryn CramerKathryn Elizabeth Cramer is an American science fiction author, editor, and literary critic.- Life :Cramer grew up in Seattle, and currently lives in Pleasantville, New York with her husband David G. Hartwell and their two children. She is the daughter of physicist John G. Cramer...
, eds.; and in Galactic North - Diamond Dogs - Originally published as a chapbook from PS PublishingPS PublishingPS Publishing is a Hornsea based publisher founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther. They specialise in novella length fiction from the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres. It has quickly become established as one of Britain's premier small presses...
(2001, ISBN 1-902880-27-7); reprinted in Infinities (2002), Peter CrowtherPeter CrowtherPeter Crowther is a British journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher and anthologist. He is the founder of PS Publishing. He edits a series of themed anthologies of science fiction short stories published by DAW books...
, ed.; and in Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days - Turquoise Days - Originally published as a chapbook from Golden Gryphon (2002, no ISBN); reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (2003, ISBN 0-312-30860-4), Gardner Dozois, ed.; and in Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction NovelsBest of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction NovelsBest of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2007...
(2007, ISBN 0312363427), Gardner Dozois, ed.; and in Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days - "Weather" - Originally published in Galactic North (2006)
- "Grafenwalder's Bestiary" - Originally published in Galactic North (2006)
- "Nightingale" - Originally published in Galactic North (2006); reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2007...
(2006, ISBN 978-0312363352), Gardner Dozois, ed.
Other
- "Thousandth Night" - Originally published in One Million A.D.One Million A.D.One Million A.D. is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2005.-Contents:The book includes 6 novellas, all commissioned for this book and published here for the first time. The stories are all supposed to take place in the year One Million A.D...
(2005), Gardner Dozois, ed. - "Understanding Space and Time" - Originally published in a limited edition of 400 copies for the NovaconNovaconNovacon is an annual science fiction convention, usually held each November in the West Midlands, UK. It is now the annual convention of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.-History:...
35 Sci Fi convention; reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition (2006, ISBN 978-0809556496), Rich Horton, ed.; and in Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 (2006), Jonathan StrahanJonathan StrahanJonathan Strahan is an editor and publisher of science fiction. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986....
, ed.; and in Zima Blue and Other Stories - "Minla's Flowers" - Originally published in The New Space OperaThe New Space OperaThe New Space Opera is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan. It was published in 2007, and includes all original stories selected to represent the genre of space opera. It includes a five-page introduction, plus a brief introduction to each of the stories, and...
(2007, ISBN 978-0060846756), Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, eds. - "The Six Directions of Space" - Originally published in Galactic Empires (September 2007), Gardner Dozois, ed.; to be reprinted as a stand-alone chapbook by Subterranean PressSubterranean PressSubterranean Press is a small press publisher in Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction...
- "Troika": originally published in Godlike Machines (2010), Jonathan Strahan, ed.
Revelation Space
- "Dilation Sleep" - Originally published in Interzone #39 (September 1990); reprinted in Galactic North
- "A Spy in Europa" - Originally published in Interzone #120 (June 1997); reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1999...
(1998, ISBN 0-312-19033-6), Gardner Dozois, ed.; and in Galactic North; and posted free online at Infinity Plus http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/europa.htm - "Galactic North" - Originally published in Interzone #145 (July 1999); reprinted in Space Soldiers (2001, ISBN 978-0441008247), Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, eds.; and in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology which was compiled by Gardner Dozois and published in 2000.-Contents:...
(2000, ISBN 0-312-26417-8), Gardner Dozois, ed.; and in Hayakawa's SF magazine; and in Galactic North - "Monkey Suit" – Originally published in Death Ray #20 (July 2009); reprinted in Deep Navigation
Other
- "Nunivak Snowflakes" - Originally published in InterzoneInterzone (magazine)Interzone is an award-winning British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, Interzone is the eighth longest-running science fiction magazine in history and the longest-running British SF magazine...
#36 (June 1990); reprinted in Deep Navigation, Limited Edition - "Enola" - Originally published in Interzone #54 (December 1991); reprinted in Zima Blue and Other Stories
- "Digital to Analogue" - Originally published in In DreamsIn Dreams (book)In Dreams is a 1992 anthology book of science fiction and horror short stories. It includes stories by Alastair Reynolds, Don Webb, Lewis Shiner, and Greg Egan. It was edited by Paul J...
(1992), Paul McAuleyPaul McAuleyPaul J. McAuley , a British botanist and award-winning author.A biologist by training, UK science fiction author McAuley writes mostly hard science fiction, dealing with themes such as biotechnology, alternate history/alternate reality, and space travel.McAuley began with far-future space opera...
and Kim NewmanKim NewmanKim Newman is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven—and alternate fictional versions of history...
, eds.; reprinted in Zima Blue and Other Stories, Limited Edition - "Byrd Land Six" - Originally published in Interzone #96 (June 1995); reprinted in The Ant Men of Tibet and Other StoriesThe Ant Men of Tibet and Other StoriesThe Ant Men of Tibet and Other Stories is a science fiction anthology edited by David Pringle that was originally published in 2001 in the United Kingdom by Big Engine. It includes ten stories that were all originally published between 1992 and 1998 in the U.K...
(2001, ISBN 1-903468-02-7), David PringleDavid PringleDavid Pringle is a Scottish science fiction editor.Pringle served as the editor of Foundation, an academic journal, from 1980 through 1986, during which time he became one of the prime movers of the collective which founded Interzone in 1982...
, ed. - "Spirey and the Queen" - Originally published in Interzone #108 (June 1996); reprinted in Future WarFuture WarFuture War is a 1997 direct-to-video American science fiction film about an escaped human slave fleeing his cyborg masters and seeking refuge on Earth. It was lampooned in a 1999 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.- Plot :...
(1999, ISBN 0-441-00639-6), Gardner DozoisGardner DozoisGardner Raymond Dozois is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004...
and Jack DannJack DannJack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
, eds.; and in Zima Blue and Other Stories; and in The Space Opera RenaissanceThe Space Opera RenaissanceThe Space Opera Renaissance is an anthology of short science fiction that fits the definition of space opera: adventure stories of grand vision, where the majority of the action happens somewhere other than Earth...
(2006), David G. HartwellDavid G. HartwellDavid Geddes Hartwell is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet , Berkley Putnam , Pocket , and Tor Books David Geddes Hartwell (b. July 10, 1941) is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet (1971–1973), Berkley Putnam...
& Kathryn CramerKathryn CramerKathryn Elizabeth Cramer is an American science fiction author, editor, and literary critic.- Life :Cramer grew up in Seattle, and currently lives in Pleasantville, New York with her husband David G. Hartwell and their two children. She is the daughter of physicist John G. Cramer...
, eds.; and posted free online at Infinity Plus http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/spirey.htm - "On the Oodnadatta" - Originally published in Interzone #128 (February 1998)
- "Stroboscopic" - Originally published in Interzone #134 (August 1998); reprinted in Dangerous GamesDangerous Games (anthology)Dangerous Games Dangerous Games Dangerous Games ((2007, ISBN 978-0441014903) is a science fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was published in 2007, and includes stories on the theme of "dangerous games" that were originally published from 1958 to 2005...
(2007, ISBN 978-0441014903), Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann, eds. - "Angels of Ashes" - Originally published in Asimov's Science FictionAsimov's Science FictionAsimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov...
(July 1999); reprinted in Zima Blue and Other Stories - "Viper" - Originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction (December 1999)
- "Merlin's Gun" - Originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction (May 2000); reprinted in Zima Blue and Other Stories; and in The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science FictionThe Mammoth Book of Extreme Science FictionThe Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction is a science fiction anthology edited by Mike Ashley that was originally published in 2006 in the United Kingdom by Robinson, an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd. It was reprinted in the United States, also in 2006, by Carroll & Graf, and imprint of...
(2006, ISBN 978-0-78671-727-9), Mike AshleyMike Ashley (writer)Michael Ashley is a British bibliographer, author and editor of science fiction, mystery, and fantasy.He edits the long-running Mammoth Book series of short story anthologies, each arranged around a particular theme in mystery, fantasy, or science fiction...
, ed. - "Hideaway" - Originally published in Interzone #157 (July 2000); reprinted in Zima Blue and Other Stories
- "Fresco" - Originally published in the UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
Courier (May 2001) - "The Big Hello" - Originally published in German translation in a convention program
- "The Real Story" - Originally published in Mars ProbesMars ProbesMars Probes is a science fiction anthology of mostly all-new short stories edited by Peter Crowther, the third in his themed science fiction anthology series for DAW Books. The one story that is the exception to appearing here for the first time is a reprint of a Ray Bradbury story from 1968. The...
(2002), Peter Crowther, ed.; reprinted in Zima Blue and Other Stories - "Everlasting" - Originally published in Interzone #193 (Spring 2004)
- "Beyond the Aquila Rift" - Originally published in ConstellationsConstellations (book)Constellations is a science fiction anthology of all-new short stories edited by Peter Crowther, the fourth in his themed science fiction anthology series for DAW Books. The stories are all intended to be inspired by the theme of constellations. The book was published in 2005...
(2005), Peter Crowther, ed.; reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2006...
(2006, ISBN 0-312-35334-0), Gardner Dozois, ed.; and in Year's Best SF 11Year's Best SF 11Year's Best SF 11 is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer that was published in 2006...
(2006, ISBN 978-0060873417), David G. HartwellDavid G. HartwellDavid Geddes Hartwell is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet , Berkley Putnam , Pocket , and Tor Books David Geddes Hartwell (b. July 10, 1941) is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet (1971–1973), Berkley Putnam...
and Kathryn CramerKathryn CramerKathryn Elizabeth Cramer is an American science fiction author, editor, and literary critic.- Life :Cramer grew up in Seattle, and currently lives in Pleasantville, New York with her husband David G. Hartwell and their two children. She is the daughter of physicist John G. Cramer...
, eds.; and in Zima Blue and Other Stories - "Zima Blue" - Originally published in PostscriptsPostscriptsPostscripts is a quarterly Britishmagazine of science fiction, fantasy, horror and crime fiction, first published in June 2004.Each issue is published in two editions: a regular newsstand-type edition and a signed, numbered, 150-copy hardcover edition. Beginning with Postscripts #14, it is a...
# 4 (Summer 2005); reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2006...
(2006, ISBN 0-312-35334-0), Gardner Dozois, ed.; and in Zima Blue and Other Stories - "Feeling Rejected" - Originally published in the journal NatureNature (journal)Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...
(2005) - "Tiger, Burning" - Originally published in Forbidden PlanetsForbidden Planets (Crowther book)Forbidden Planets is a science fiction anthology of all-new short stories edited by Peter Crowther, the fifth in his themed science fiction anthology series for DAW Books.. The stories are all intended to be inspired by the 1955 movie, Forbidden Planet...
(2006, ISBN 0-7564-0330-8), Peter Crowther, ed.; reprinted in Year's Best SF 12Year's Best SF 12Year's Best SF 12 is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer that was published in 2007...
(2007, ISBN 978-0061252082), David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, eds. - "Signal to Noise" - Originally published in Zima Blue and Other Stories, (2006); reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2007...
(2006, ISBN 978-0312363352), Gardner Dozois, ed. - "The Sledge-Maker's Daughter" - Originally published in Interzone No. 209 (April 2007); reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 8, 2008...
(2006, ISBN 978-0312378608), Gardner Dozois, ed. - "The Star-Surgeon's Apprentice" - Originally published in The Starry RiftThe Starry RiftThe Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows is a science fiction anthology of all-new stories being edited by Jonathan Strahan, published in April 2008...
(April 2008), Jonathan Strahan, ed. - "Fury"- Originally published in Eclipse Two: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, (November 2008).
- "The Manastodon Broadcasts" - Originally published in Aberrant Dreams I: The Awakening (December 2008), Joe Dickerson, Ernest G. Saylor and Lonny Harper, eds.
- "Scales" - Originally published in The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
(2009); and posted free online at Lightspeed MagazineLightspeed MagazineLightspeed Magazine is an online fantasy and science fiction magazine published by Prime Books, which also publishes its sister companion Fantasy Magazine. The first issue was published in June of 2010 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by Orson Scott Card,...
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/scales/. - The Fixation - Originally published in a Finnish languageFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
, Hannun basaarissa a limited edition booklet of about 200 copies in tribute to Hannu Blommila in Finland (2007); to be reprinted in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 3 (February 2009), George Mann, ed. - "The Receivers" - Originally published in Other EarthsOther EarthsOther Earths is an alternate history, science fiction anthology of all-new stories being edited by Nick Gevers and Jay Lake.-Contents:*Robert Charles Wilson: This Peaceable Land, or, The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe...
(April 2009), Nick GeversNick GeversNick Gevers is a South African science fiction editor and critic, whose work has appeared in The Washington Post Book World, Interzone, Scifi.com, SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction and Nova Express...
and Jay LakeJay LakeJoseph E. Lake, Jr. is a science fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 he was a quarterly first place winner in the Writers of the Future contest. In 2004 he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction. He lives in Portland, Oregon and currently works as a product manager...
, eds. - "Sleepover" - Originally published in The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF (May 2010), Mike Ashley, eds.
External links
- Personal homepage
- Personal Blog, Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon
- Alastair Reynolds' online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
- Golden Gryphon Press official site - About chapbook Turquoise Days
Interviews
- Interview conducted by Roger Deforest (2006)
- Science fiction 'thrives in hi-tech world', interview by the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
(2007)