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Revelation Space

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

This highly-acclaimed first novel is destined to establish Alastair Reynolds as one of science fiction's most intelligent and revolutionary new voices. Revelation Space is a sprawling operatic novel that ranges across vast gulfs of time and space to arrive at a terrifying conclusion.

When human colonists settled the Amarantin homeworld, few of them bothered to question the disappearance of its native population almost a million years before. But one man, Dan Silvester, is convinced that solving the riddle of the Amarantin is vital to human survival. As he nears the truth he learns that someone wants him dead. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason-and if that reason is made public, the universe-and reality itself-could be forever altered.

Review:

"Ferociously intelligent and imbued with a chilling logic-it may really be like this Out There. (Stephen Baxter, coauthor of The Light of Other Days)

Review:

Intensely compelling; darkly intelligent; hugely ambitious. (Paul J. McAuley, author of Ancients of Days)

Review:

Quite possibly the space opera of the year. Watch for it at awards time. (Jonathan Strahan, Locus)

Review:

Awe-inspiring...cutting-edge and convincingly rendered. (SF Site)

Synopsis:

When human colonists settle the Amarantin homeworld, few of them question the disappearance of its native population almost a million years before. But one man, Dan Silvester, is convinced that solving the riddle of the Amarantin is vital to human survival.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780441008353
Author:
Reynolds, Alastair
Publisher:
Ace Hardcover
Location:
New York
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Life on other planets
Subject:
Space colonies
Subject:
General Fiction
Edition Description:
Ace hardcover ed., Ace 1st ed.
Series Volume:
106-127
Publication Date:
20010601
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
480
Dimensions:
9.33x6.38x1.62 in. 1.70 lbs.

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