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.
"Elysium Fire is a tremendously assured read, a fast-paced
page-turner that delivers a well thought out story and characters
you'll come to care about."--The Guardian (UK)
"Revenger is classic Reynolds-that is to say, top of the line
science fiction, where characters are matched beautifully with
ideas and have to find their place in a complex future.
More!"--Greg Bear on Revenger
"[Reynolds is] a mastersinger of the space opera."
--The Times (UK) on Blue Remembered Earth
"[Reynolds] is the most gifted hard SF writers working today."
--Publishers Weekly on Beyond the Aquila Rift
"A leading light of the new British space opera."
--Los Angeles Review of Books on Alastair Reynolds
"A swashbuckling thriller--Pirates of the Caribbean meets
Firefly--that nevertheless combines the author's trademark hard SF
with effective, coming-of-age characterization."--The Guardian on
Revenger
"Heir to writers like Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, Reynolds
keeps up the tradition of forward thinking... An immensely
thrilling, mind-bending piece of work."
--AV Club on House of Suns
"One of the giants of the new British space opera."
--io9 on Alastair Reynolds
"Reynolds combines depth in characterization and dazzling
hard-science applications to keep the reader turning
pages."--Booklist
"This novel's ideas are mind-stretching, including a limbo where
copies of the dead can be kept and interrogated, and a chillingly
mischievous AI that tempts and mocks Dreyfus. The big concepts and
complex story effectively pull readers into intriguing speculation
about human identity and potential."--Publishers Weekly
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