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Galactic North

Galactic North

by Alastair Reynolds
Paperback
Age range: + years old Publication Date: 27/05/2008

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A collection of eight short stories and novellas--including three never before seen--in the dark and turbulent world of Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space universe.

Centuries from now, solidarity stretches thin as humanity spreads past the solar system and to the nearest stars. Technology has produced powerful new tools--but lethal risk will always accompany great advancement.

And without foresight, opposing groups may fracture multiple worlds. Between the Demarchists and the Conjoiners, the basic right to expand human intelligence--beyond its natural limits--has become a war-worthy cause. Only vast lighthugger starships bind these squabbling colonies together, manned by the panicky and paranoid Ultras. And the hyperpigs just try to keep their heads down.

The rich get richer. And everyone tries not to think about the worrying number of extinct alien civilizations turning up on the outer reaches of settled space...because who's to say that humanity won't be next?

ISBN:
9780441016006
9780441016006
Category:
Short stories
Age range:
+ years old
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
27-05-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
171.7x107.44x25.4mm
Weight:
0.22kg
Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy.

He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer.

Revelation Space and Pushing Ice were shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award; Revelation Space, Absolution Gap, Diamond Dogs and Century Rain were shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award and Chasm City won the British Science Fiction Award.

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