Alastair Reynolds is the author of the Poseidon's Children series and the Revelation Space series. Born in Barry, South Wales, he studied at Newcastle University and the University of St. Andrews. A former astrophysicist for the European Space Agency, he now writes full-time.
Praise for Chasm City
Winner of The British Science Fiction Association's Award for Best
Novel of the Year
One of Locus and Science Fiction Chronicle's "Best SF Novels of the
Year"
"Deep, complex and always more than [it] seems. Reynolds succeeds
in the hardest task of good science fiction, creating a new world
full of wonder."--The Denver Post
"A tightly written story that spirals inevitably inwards toward its
powerful conclusion. [Chasm City] confirms Reynolds as the most
exciting space opera writer working today."--Locus "The best thing
that Reynolds has ever done...in the end, it's a joy."--John Clute,
author of Appleseed, coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction "A worth follow-up to Revelation Space. Reynolds transmutes
space opera into a nourish, baroque, picaresque mystery tale.
Inventiveness and tone are Reynolds' strong points...the novel's
details are consistently startling but convincing in context.
Reynolds remains one of the hottest new SF writers
around."--Publishers Weekly
"Successfully combines SF noir with technothriller in a dark vision
of the future."--Library Journal "An impressive book. Another step
toward what could become a very significant 21st century hard SF
career."--SF Site
When security specialist Tanner Mirabel loses a client, killed by an assassin named Argent Reivich, he sets off on a manhunt to bring Reivich to justice. His search leads him to the domed community of Chasm City, located on the planet Yellowstone. There he confronts the city's strange, mutated inhabitants victims of a nanotechnological virus and ultimately comes up against his own worst fears and inner demons. The author of Revelation Space combines sf noir with technothriller in a dark vision of the future that belongs in most sf collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Praise for Chasm City
Winner of The British Science Fiction Association's Award for
Best Novel of the Year
One of Locus and Science Fiction Chronicle's
"Best SF Novels of the Year"
"Deep, complex and always more than [it] seems. Reynolds succeeds
in the hardest task of good science fiction, creating a new world
full of wonder."--The Denver Post
"A tightly written story that spirals inevitably inwards toward its
powerful conclusion. [Chasm City] confirms Reynolds as the most
exciting space opera writer working today."--Locus
"The best thing that Reynolds has ever done...in the end, it's a
joy."--John Clute, author of Appleseed, coeditor of The
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction "A worth follow-up to
Revelation Space. Reynolds transmutes space opera into a
nourish, baroque, picaresque mystery tale. Inventiveness and tone
are Reynolds' strong points...the novel's details are consistently
startling but convincing in context. Reynolds remains one of the
hottest new SF writers around."--Publishers Weekly
"Successfully combines SF noir with technothriller in a dark vision
of the future."--Library Journal "An impressive book.
Another step toward what could become a very significant 21st
century hard SF career."--SF Site
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