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Revelation Space

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	: Orion
Release Date	: 2008-12
ISBN 10	: 0575083093
Pages	: 567 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (93 users)

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Download or read book Revelation Space written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Orion. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect Amarantin city and a colossal statue of a wingest Amarantin. For brilliant but ruthloess scientist Dan Sylveste, it's more than merelty intellectual curiosity - and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth. Even if the truth costs him everything. But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and that danger is closer and greater than even Syveste imagines . . . REVELATION SPACE: a huge, magnificent space opera that ranges acrioss the known and unknown universe . . . towards the most terrifying of destinations.

Inhibitor Phase

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2021-10-12
ISBN 10	: 0316462764
Pages	: 496 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (64 users)

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Download or read book Inhibitor Phase written by Alastair Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stellar new science fiction adventure from the author who redefined space opera, set in his bestselling Revelation Space universe. For thirty years a tiny band of humans has been sheltering in the caverns of an airless, crater-pocked world called Michaelmas. Beyond their solar system lie the ruins of human interstellar civilization, stalked by a ruthless, infinitely patient cybernetic entity determined to root out the last few bands of survivors. One man has guided the people of Michaelmas through the hardest of times, and given them hope against the wolves: Miguel de Ruyter. When a lone human ship blunders into their system, and threatens to lead the wolves to Michaelmas, de Ruyter embarks on a desperate, near-suicide mission to prevent catastrophe. But an encounter with a refugee from the ship--the enigmatic woman who calls herself only Glass--leads to de Ruyter's world being turned upside down.

The Revelation Space eBook Collection

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Release Date	: 2011-10-20
ISBN 10	: 9780575129085
Pages	: 2800 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (29 users)

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Download or read book The Revelation Space eBook Collection written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 2800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All seven books set in the REVELATION SPACE universe, now collected in one bundle Contains seven fantastic novels: REVELATION SPACE, CHASM CITY, REDEMPTION ARK, ABSOLUTION GAP, THE PREFECT, DIAMOND DOGS & TURQUOISE DAYS and GALACTIC NORTH

Revelation Space

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	: Penguin
Release Date	: 2002-05-28
ISBN 10	: 9781440673795
Pages	: 648 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (737 users)

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Download or read book Revelation Space written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-05-28 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly-acclaimed first novel in the Revelation Space universe—a debut that has redefined the space opera with a staggering journey across vast gulfs of time and space to confront the very nature of reality itself... “[A] TOUR DE FORCE…RAVISHINGLY INVENTIVE.”—Publishers Weekly Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason—and if that reason is uncovered, the universe—and reality itself—could be irrevocably altered...

Absolution Gap

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	: Orion
Release Date	: 2008-12
ISBN 10	: 0575083166
Pages	: 695 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (66 users)

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Download or read book Absolution Gap written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Orion. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mankind has endured centuries of horrific plague and a particularly brutal interstellar war . . . but there is still no time for peace and quiet. Stirred from aeons of sleep, the Inhibitors - ancient alien killing machines - have begun the process of ridding the galaxy of its latest emergent intelligence: mankind. As a ragtag bag of refugees fleeing the first wave of the cull head towards an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, they discover an avenging angel, a girl born in ice. She has the power to lead mankind to safety, and the ability to draw down their darkest enemy. And on a planet where vast travelling cathedrals crawl towards the treacherous fissure known as Absolution Gap, an unsettling truth becomes apparent: to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much, much worse . . .

House of Suns

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	: Orion
Release Date	: 2009
ISBN 10	: STANFORD:36105124201521
Pages	: 516 pages
Rating	: 4.O/5 (36 users)

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Download or read book House of Suns written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Orion. This book was released on 2009 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of "The Prefect." Reynolds's brand of space opera continues to be engaging and awe-inspiring. Big-scale ideas; packed with sense of wonder; great world building; backed up by believable science.--"SF Signal."

Zima Blue and Other Stories

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	: Orion
Release Date	: 2009
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015080836201
Pages	: 424 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (58 users)

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Download or read book Zima Blue and Other Stories written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Orion. This book was released on 2009 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fabulous collection spanning the galaxies and career of SF superstar Alastair Reynolds

The Best of Alastair Reynolds

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	: Gollancz
Release Date	: 2017-06-15
ISBN 10	: 1473216362
Pages	: 784 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (62 users)

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Download or read book The Best of Alastair Reynolds written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as 'the mastersinger of space opera' THE TIMES. With an introduction by noted SF critic Johnathan Strahan, this collection of twenty short stories, novellettes and novellas includes MINLA'S FLOWERS, SIGNAL TO NOISE, TROIKA, and seven previous uncollected stories, including TRAUMA POD, THE WATER THIEF and IN BABELSBERG. Alastair Reynolds has won the Sidewise Award and been nominated for The Hugo Awards for his short fiction. One of the most thought-provoking and accomplished short-fiction writers of our time, this collection is a delight for all SF readers

Revenger

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	: Orbit
Release Date	: 2017-02-28
ISBN 10	: 0316555568
Pages	: 464 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (68 users)

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Download or read book Revenger written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb science fiction adventure set in the rubble of a ruined universe, this is a deep space heist story of kidnap, betrayal, alien artifacts and revenge. The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilizations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives. And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them... Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It's their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded by layers of protection - and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely-remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous. Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore's crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune: the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular. Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future - a tale of space pirates, buried treasure, and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism... and of vengeance...

Beyond the Aquila Rift

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2016-06-30
ISBN 10	: 1596067667
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (67 users)

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Download or read book Beyond the Aquila Rift written by Alastair Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blue Remembered Earth

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	: Gollancz
Release Date	: 2012-11-01
ISBN 10	: 0575088303
Pages	: 548 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (3 users)

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Download or read book Blue Remembered Earth written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred and fifty years from now, in a world where Africa is the dominant technological and economic power, and where crime, war, disease and poverty have been banished to history, Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But Geoffrey's family, the vast Akinya business empire, has other plans. After the death of Eunice, Geoffrey's grandmother, erstwhile space explorer and entrepreneur, something awkward has come to light on the Moon, and Geoffrey is tasked - well, blackmailed, really - to go up there and make sure the family's name stays suitably unblemished. But little does Geoffrey realise - or anyone else in the family, for that matter - what he's about to unravel. Eunice's ashes have already have been scattered in sight of Kilimanjaro. But the secrets she died with are about to come back out into the open, and they could change everything. Or shatter this near-utopia into shards . . .

Shadow Captain

Author	: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher	: Orbit
Release Date	: 2019-01-15
ISBN 10	: 0316555703
Pages	: 432 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (3 users)

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Download or read book Shadow Captain written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping sequel to the Locus award winning science fiction adventure, Revenger, tells a story of obsession and betrayal as two sisters hunt for the greatest treasure in the universe. Adrana and Fura Ness have finally been reunited, but both have changed beyond recognition. Once desperate for adventure, now Adrana is haunted by her enslavement on the feared pirate Bosa Sennen's ship. And rumors of Bosa Sennen's hidden cache of treasure have ensnared her sister, Fura, into single-minded obsession. Neither is safe; because the galaxy wants Bosa Sennen dead and they don't care if she's already been killed. They'll happily take whoever is flying her ship. Shadow Captain is a desperate story of cursed ships, vengeful corporations, and alien artifacts, of daring escapes and wealth beyond imagining ... and of betrayal. For more from Alastair Reynolds, check out: RevengerElysium Fire

Space and Beyond

Author	: Gary Westfahl
Publisher	: Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date	: 2000
ISBN 10	: 0313308462
Pages	: 224 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (62 users)

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Download or read book Space and Beyond written by Gary Westfahl and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the exploration of space has long preoccupied authors and filmmakers, the development of an actual space program, discoveries about the true nature of space, and critical reconsiderations of America's frontier experiences have challenged and complicated conventional portrayals of humans in space. This volume reexamines the themes of space and the frontier in science fiction in light of recent scientific and literary developments. Included are the observations of noted science fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Gregory Benford, James Gunn, and Jack Williamson, along with contributions from leading scholars in the field.

Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation

Author	: Robyn J. Whitaker
Publisher	: Mohr Siebeck
Release Date	: 2015-11-13
ISBN 10	: 3161539788
Pages	: 308 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (88 users)

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Download or read book Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation written by Robyn J. Whitaker and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robyn. J. Whitaker interprets the Book of Revelation within the context of ancient rhetoric and religion. She argues that the author of Revelation uses a popular rhetorical tool, ekphrasis, to paint word-pictures of God that compete with material images to both critique image-making and simultaneously make an absent God present.

Fictional Games

Author	: Stefano Gualeni
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2022-12-15
ISBN 10	: 9781350277090
Pages	: 217 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (77 users)

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Download or read book Fictional Games written by Stefano Gualeni and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What roles do imaginary games have in story-telling? Why do fiction authors outline the rules of a game that the audience will never play? Combining perspectives from philosophy, literary theory and game studies, this book provides the first in-depth investigation into the significance of fictional games within fictional worlds. Drawing from contemporary cinema and literature, from The Hunger Games to the science fiction of Iain M. Banks, Stefano Gualeni and Riccardo Fassone introduce five key functions that different types of imaginary games have in worldbuilding. First, fictional games can emphasize the dominant values and ideologies of the fictional society they belong to. Second, some imaginary games function in fictional worlds as critical, utopian tools, inspiring shifts in the thinking and political orientation of the fictional characters. Third, a few fictional games are conducive to the transcendence of a particular form of being, such as the overcoming of human corporeality. Fourth, imaginary games within works of fiction can deceptively blur the boundaries between the contingency of play and the irrevocable seriousness of “real life”, either camouflaging life as a game or disguising a game as something with more permanent consequences. And fifth, they can function as meta-reflexive tools, suggesting critical and/or satirical perspectives on how actual games are designed, played, sold, manipulated, experienced, understood and utilized as part of our culture. With illustrations in every chapter bringing the imaginary games to life, Gualeni and Fassone creatively inspire us to consider fictional games anew: not as moments of playful reprieve in a storyline, but as significant and multi-layered expressive devices.

The Medusa Chronicles

Author	: Stephen Baxter
Publisher	: Gallery / Saga Press
Release Date	: 2017-08-08
ISBN 10	: 9781481479684
Pages	: 416 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (796 users)

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Download or read book The Medusa Chronicles written by Stephen Baxter and published by Gallery / Saga Press. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s Nebula Award–winning novella “A Meeting with Medusa,” this novel continues the thrilling adventure of astronaut Howard Falcon, humanity’s first explorer of Jupiter from two modern science fiction masters. Howard Falcon almost lost his life in an accident as the first human astronaut to explore the atmosphere of Jupiter—and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise brought him back. But he is no longer himself. Instead, he has been changed into an augmented human: part man, part machine, and exceptionally capable. With permission from the Clarke Estate, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds continue this beloved writer’s enduring vision and have created a fresh story for new readers. The Medusa Chronicles charts Falcon’s journey through the centuries granted by his new body, but always back to mysteries of Jupiter and the changing interaction between humanity and the universe. A compelling read full of incredible action right from the beginning, this is a modern classic in the spirit of 2001 and The Martian.

Cyber Security and the Politics of Time

Author	: Tim Stevens
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Release Date	: 2016
ISBN 10	: 9781107109421
Pages	: 281 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (94 users)

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Download or read book Cyber Security and the Politics of Time written by Tim Stevens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how security communities think about time and how this shapes the politics of security in the information age.