Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds (2010)

Alastair Preston Reynolds (* 13. March 1966 in Barry , UK ) is a Welsh science fiction - author .

biography

Reynolds was born in Barry in South Wales in 1966. He grew up in Cornwall . He later studied physics and astronomy at Newcastle University . In 1991 he moved to the Netherlands , where he met his future wife Josette, who was born in France. Until April 2004 he worked as a scientist for the European Space Agency (ESA) . Since then he has devoted himself full-time to writing. Reynolds specialized in hard science fiction and space operas . The German-language book editions of his novels and short stories have been published by Heyne Verlag . Reynolds has lived in Wales again since 2008.

bibliography

Revelation space cycle

The novel Infinity founded the Revelation Space cycle .

Related novels of the Revelation Space cycle

• Infinity , 2001, ISBN 3-453-18787-3 , Revelation Space. 2000
• Chasm City , 2003, ISBN 3-453-52221-4 , Chasm City. 2001
• The Ark , 2004, ISBN 3-453-52288-5 , Redemption Ark. 2002.
• Revelation , 2004, ISBN 3-453-52362-8 , Absolution Gap. 2003.
• Aurora , 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-52502-3 , The Prefect. 2007.
• Continuation to The Prefect , Elysium Fire, 2018, ISBN 978-0-575-09058-3 .

Short stories in the Revelation Space cycle

• Dreams of Infinity , 2005, ISBN 3-453-52021-1 , Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days. 2003.
• Galactic North , 2006.

Trilogy Poseidon's Children

• Okular , 2016, ISBN 978-3-453-31754-3 , Blue Remembered Earth , 2012.
• Duplicate , 2017, ISBN 978-3-453-31755-0 , On The Steel Breeze , 2013.
• Enigma, 2017 , ISBN 978-3-453-31779-6 , Poseidon's Wake , 2015.

Trilogy Revenger

• Revenge , 2018, ISBN 978-3-453-31895-3 , Revenger. 2016
• Shadow Captain , 2019, ISBN 9780575090668
• Bone Silence , 2020, ISBN 9780575090705

Single novels

• Eternity , 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-52440-8 , Century Rain. 2004.
• Himmelssturz , 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-52244-2 , Pushing Ice. 2005 (original title for the UK market: Chasing Janus )
• The House of Suns , 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-52569-6 , House of Suns. 2008.
• Infinite City , 2011, ISBN 978-3-453-52767-6 , Terminal World. 2009.
• Permafrost , 2019, ISBN 978-1-250-30356-1 .

Story collections

• Zima Blue and Other Stories , 2006, ISBN 1-59780-058-9 .
• Deep Navigation , 2010, ISBN 978-1-886-77898-6 .
• Beyond the Aquila Rift , 2016, ISBN 978-1-473-21635-8 .

Awards

• 2001: BSFA Award in the "Novel" category for Chasm City
• 2008: Seiun Award in the best “short story” category for Weather
• 2010: Sidewise Award in the best “short story” category for The Fixation
• 2017: Locus Award in the “Young People's Book” category for Revenger

literature

• Uwe Kramm: Who wouldn't want to write a space opera? A conversation with Alastair Reynolds. In: Sascha Mamczak , Wolfgang Jeschke (ed.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 2005. Heyne, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-453-52068-8 , pp. 468-484.
• Uwe Neuhold: The house of the suns. In: Sascha Mamczak, Wolfgang Jeschke (ed.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 2010. Heyne, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-52681-5 , pp. 943-945.

Web links

• Literature by and about Alastair Reynolds in the catalog of the German National Library
• Alastair Reynolds in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Alastair Reynolds at Open Library
• Alastair Reynolds in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Website by Alastair Reynolds (English)
• Think in Billions of Years , Article by Marcus Hammerschmitt on Telepolis about Reynolds' Space Operas from March 25, 2006

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait on isfdb.org , accessed on January 24, 2016.
2. ↑ Shadow Captain . July 12, 2018 ( gollancz.co.uk [accessed July 24, 2019]).
3. ^ Bone Silence . July 8, 2019 ( gollancz.co.uk [accessed July 24, 2019]).