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Galactic North
Galactic North
Author: Alastair Reynolds
Set in the Revelation Space universe-the first short story collection by "one of SF's best and most ambitious novelists." (SFX) With eight short stories and novellas- including three original to this collection- Galactic North imparts the centuries-spanning events that have produced the dark and turbulent world of Revelation Sp...  more ». Centuries from now, the basic right to expand human intelligence-beyond its natural limits-has become a war-worthy cause for the Demarchists and Conjoiners. 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-13: 9780441015139
ISBN-10: 0441015131
Publication Date: 6/5/2007
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
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4.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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Trey avatar reviewed Galactic North on + 260 more book reviews
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I am _such_ a Reynolds fan boy. He's one of the few authors I'll buy in hardcover, and this short story collection is no exception.

I liked it - it explores the early history (and the nature) of the Conjoiners and Clavain, as well as looking at bits of the Revelation Space setting that hadn't gotten as close an examination. "Galactic North" is the ultimate revenge tale, arcing relativstically through time to the death of the Milky way at the hands of rogue assemblers. "Nightingale" is a haunted house in space and deeply, deeply creepy. "Grafenwalder's Bestiary" takes us back to post melding plague Yellowstone and the Rust Belt, and re-introducing Dr. Trintignant, last seen in "Diamond Dogs." Somehow, I doubt we've seen the last of the good doctor in Reynolds works.

Highly recommended.
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