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Alastair Reynolds

Forfatter af Revelation Space

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Revelation Space (2000) 5,393 eksemplarer
Chasm City (2001) 3,065 eksemplarer
Redemption Ark (2004) 2,980 eksemplarer
Absolution Gap (2003) 2,588 eksemplarer
Pushing Ice (2005) 2,186 eksemplarer
House of Suns (2008) 2,078 eksemplarer
The Prefect (2007) 1,917 eksemplarer
Century Rain (2004) 1,891 eksemplarer
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (2003) — Forfatter — 1,638 eksemplarer
Galactic North [collection] (2006) 1,284 eksemplarer
Blue Remembered Earth (2012) 1,150 eksemplarer
Terminal World (2010) 1,079 eksemplarer
Revenger (2016) 862 eksemplarer
On the Steel Breeze (2013) 606 eksemplarer
Elysium Fire (2018) 451 eksemplarer
Slow Bullets (2015) 449 eksemplarer
Poseidon's Wake (2015) 426 eksemplarer
Shadow Captain (2019) 366 eksemplarer
Eversion (2022) 361 eksemplarer
Permafrost (2019) 350 eksemplarer
The Medusa Chronicles (2016) 290 eksemplarer
Inhibitor Phase (2021) 290 eksemplarer
Bone Silence (2020) 257 eksemplarer
Harvest of Time (2013) 254 eksemplarer
Troika (2011) 160 eksemplarer
Deep Navigation (2010) 143 eksemplarer
The Iron Tactician (2016) 123 eksemplarer
The Six Directions of Space (2008) 118 eksemplarer
Thousandth Night and Minla's Flowers (2009) 108 eksemplarer
Diamond Dogs (2001) 60 eksemplarer
Machine Vendetta (2023) 52 eksemplarer
Merlin's Gun (2000) 52 eksemplarer
Chasm City: Book 2 (2004) 49 eksemplarer
Chasm City: Book 1 (2003) 46 eksemplarer
Thousandth Night (2005) 41 eksemplarer
Beyond the Aquila Rift [novelette] (2005) 31 eksemplarer
Sleepover [short story] (2012) 31 eksemplarer
Understanding Space and Time (2005) 23 eksemplarer
The Revelation Space Collection (2011) 23 eksemplarer
Turquoise Days (2002) 23 eksemplarer
Great Wall of Mars (2000) 17 eksemplarer
A Spy in Europa {short story} (1997) 16 eksemplarer
Glacial (2001) 12 eksemplarer
Minla's flowers {short story} (2007) 12 eksemplarer
Spirey and the Queen (1996) 11 eksemplarer
Open and Shut 11 eksemplarer
Rivelazione /2 10 eksemplarer
Dilation Sleep {short story} (1990) 10 eksemplarer
Weather (2006) 9 eksemplarer
Signal to Noise [novelette] (2006) 9 eksemplarer
Nightingale [novella] (2006) 9 eksemplarer
Vejen mellem stjernerne (2005) 9 eksemplarer
Rivelazione /1 9 eksemplarer
Fresco 8 eksemplarer
Galactic North [short story] (1999) 8 eksemplarer
Tiger Burning (2006) 8 eksemplarer
Stroboscopic 7 eksemplarer
The Fixation 7 eksemplarer
Grafenwelder's Bestiary (2006) 7 eksemplarer
Hideaway (2000) 7 eksemplarer
Scales (2009) 6 eksemplarer
At Budokan 6 eksemplarer
Fury 6 eksemplarer
Digital to Analogue (1992) 5 eksemplarer
The Real Story (2002) 5 eksemplarer
Feeling Rejected 4 eksemplarer
Soirée (2008) 4 eksemplarer
Enola (1991) 4 eksemplarer
Angels of Ashes (1999) 4 eksemplarer
Everlasting (2004) 4 eksemplarer
Vainglory. (2012) 4 eksemplarer
The Big Hello! 4 eksemplarer
Nunivak Snowflakes {short story} (1990) 4 eksemplarer
Trauma Pod 4 eksemplarer
Ascension Day 4 eksemplarer
Cardiff Afterlife {short story} (2008) 4 eksemplarer
Shadow Captain 3 eksemplarer
Monkey Suit {short story} (2009) 3 eksemplarer
Viper 3 eksemplarer
Holdfast {short story} 2 eksemplarer
Sad Kapteyn 2 eksemplarer
For The Ages (2011) 2 eksemplarer
Magic Bone Woman 2 eksemplarer
Slow Bullets 2 eksemplarer
Bone Silence 2 eksemplarer
The Iron Tactician 1 eksemplar
Death's Door 1 eksemplar
Poseidonův odkaz (2023) 1 eksemplar
Ocelový vítr (2021) 1 eksemplar
Merlin’s Gun 1 eksemplar
Poseidon's Wake 1 eksemplar
Vzpomínka na modrou planetu (2020) 1 eksemplar
Enigma (2017) 1 eksemplar
Zima Mavisi: Toplu Öyküler 1 (2019) 1 eksemplar
2006 1 eksemplar
Auf den Spuren der Abrafaxe. (2002) 1 eksemplar
Stories 1 eksemplar
A Map of Mercury 1 eksemplar
Detonation Boulevard (2023) 1 eksemplar

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[[Alistair Reynolds']] [Terminal World] i Science Fiction Fans (juli 2011)

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Conclusion to the Prefect Dreyfus science fiction police procedurals set as pre-cursors to Revelation Space. The Glitter band is still running at the height of it's glory - although the cracks are starting to show. Some of those cracks are being forced wider as the two battling AIs Auora and the Clockmaker attempt to defeat each other and take control of the vast computational space this would make available to them. Auroa is fearful, she has had prior warning of the incoming plague, and is desperate to retain her ability of 'live'.

The Prefects have mostly been able to concentrate on local affairs as the AIs are confined to network traffic. The story opens somewhat confusingly with reference to past events not explicitly detailed anywhere (unless I've missed a short story somewhere?), but eventually enough is referred to for teh details to become clear. Two Prefects have committed rather unusual suicide/crimes, and in a force of over 1000 this is perhaps not unusual, but they were in such a manner as to inflame local tensions, and so Dreyfus wonders if there was a link. If you pull on enough strings even deeply buried secrets can be revealed in time. A glimmer there and a shape of a story starts to appear. But when manipulative AI is involved can you trust anything?

There were a few aspects I didn't like - the eventual motif seems to be a repeat from Fire, which is disappointing. And as with all of this series, there isn't enough worldbuilding to be truly great. Out of 10000 habitats we mostly see only pedestrian ones, when there could be an almost infinite variety. The lemurs were cute though. Somehow having nuclear weapons as the ultimate option in an age so far advanced seems dull.

The ending is quite clear that there will be no more Dreyfus emergencies. However I still want to know the full story of the melding plague and there is space for that to be written.
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reading_fox | 2 andre anmeldelser | Mar 24, 2024 |
Realized I had read this before, under its original title The Prefect
½
 
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mikedowd | 48 andre anmeldelser | Mar 24, 2024 |
Another Prefect Dreyfus story from the glitter band, which we've been waiting a while for, but it was worth the wait.

For me, one of the best bits of the whole Revelation Space series are the stories within Yellowstone and the Glitter Band, and this story didn't disappoint.

Alastair at his very best.

And lets all hope that there'll be a few more Yellowstone and the Glitter Band stories to come still.

Next up in the Revelation Space series it's rel="nofollow" target="_top">Diamond Dogs.… (mere)
 
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5t4n5 | 2 andre anmeldelser | Mar 16, 2024 |
I consider myself a sturdy Reynolds fan, so I stumbled, dragged, trudged through this final volume. The problems encountered in Books 1&2 did not go away. That is, I was so bored with the interactions, attitudes, dialogue between all the characters with the EXCEPTION of Swift/Kanu in this one that it was unbearable. Why didn't anyone at Orion tell him? I'm sorry but it is not enough to have 'cool' sf ideas and such clunkiness and over-complexity. Not one moment of humor, either. The elephants are as dreary as the people. Something missing here. Sorry to be so critical. The cool sf idea IS pretty cool, but so convoluted! As I say if you don't care about anything but the how-to and the ideas then you might love it. Three stars out of respect for A.R.***… (mere)
 
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sibylline | 16 andre anmeldelser | Mar 3, 2024 |

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