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Alastair reynolds galactic north6/30/2023 ![]() On the other hand, it also removes much of the opportunity for vast scale, which is one of his trademarks. It also removes much of the need for pacing, which can sometimes be lacking in his longer works. The shorter form suits these talents well. Reynolds has always had a gift for the kind of technical writing that hard SF requires, and also for starkly drawn characters whom he can throw into tortuous situations. Some characters familiar from the novels return - Nevil Clavain and Felka in particular. "'We couldn't come all this way and just wipe out the first thinking thing we'd ever encountered in the universe, simply because it didn't fit into our neat little preconceived notions of what alien thought would actually be like.'"'But saving (them) meant killing everyone else.'"This volume contains eight stories set in the Revelation Space universe. ![]()
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