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Alastair Reynolds

Born

in Barry, Wales, The United Kingdom

March 13, 1966

Website

http://www.alastairreynolds.com/

Genre

Science Fiction

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I'm Al, I used to be a space scientist, and now I'm a writer, although for a time the two careers ran in parallel. I started off publishing short stories in the British SF magazine Interzone in the early 90s, then eventually branched into novels. I write about a novel a year and try to write a few short stories as well. Some of my books and stories are set in a consistent future named after Revelation Space, the first novel, but I've done a lot of other things as well and I like to keep things fresh between books.

I was born in Wales, but raised in Cornwall, and then spent time in the north of England and Scotland. I moved to the Netherlands to continue my science career and stayed there for a very long time, before eventually returning to ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 394,980 ratings · 25,248 reviews · 314 distinct works • Similar authors

	Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 61,737 ratings — published 2000 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Suns 4.24 avg rating — 32,652 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2) by Alastair Reynolds, Chris Moore (Illustration) 4.16 avg rating — 32,518 ratings — published 2002 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasm City 4.13 avg rating — 27,617 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 25,258 ratings — published 2003 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pushing Ice 4.07 avg rating — 22,309 ratings — published 2005 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 21,731 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenger (Revenger #1) 3.82 avg rating — 13,338 ratings — published 2016 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,332 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Century Rain 3.95 avg rating — 12,099 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Revelation Space (4 books)
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Prefect Dreyfus Emergency (3 books)
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4.15 avg rating — 33,584 ratings

Poseidon's Children (3 books)
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3.92 avg rating — 23,184 ratings

Revenger (3 books)
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3.83 avg rating — 23,091 ratings

Bedugnės miestas (2 books)
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“A city's only ever three hot meals away from anarchy.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Terminal World

tags: politics, sf, social-commentary

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“I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Revelation Space

tags: caffeine, coffee

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“It’s the people who don’t worry—those who never have any doubts that what they’re doing is good and right—they’re the ones that cause the problems.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Redemption Ark

tags: philosophy-of-life, politics, social-commentary

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1st Quarter 2026 - Science Fiction #1

Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (416 pp)

2 votes, 25.0%

Syncopation: A Novel in Verse by Whitney French (300 pp)

2 votes, 25.0%

Here and Beyond by Hal Lacroix (319 pp)

2 votes, 25.0%

God's Junk Drawer by Peter Clines (560 pp)

1 vote, 12.5%

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer (239 pp)

1 vote, 12.5%

Halcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds (327 pp)

0 votes, 0.0%

Godfall by Van Jensen (384 pp)

0 votes, 0.0%

8 total votes

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