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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780441016006
ISBN: 0441016006
Label: Ace
Manufacturer: Ace
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: May 27, 2008
Publisher: Ace
Sales Rank: 31108
Studio: Ace
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Product Description:
The first short story collection by “ONE OF SCIENCE FICTION’S BEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS NOVELISTS”(SFX).
With eight short stories and novellas, Galactic North imparts the centuriesspanning events that have produced this dark and turbulent world.
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 accompanies each new advancement.
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Alastair Reynolds has written a great exemplar of what a short story collection should be. Arranged chronologically from the structure of his universe, included are a mystery, a horror story or two, and a very odd romance. All the stories stand on their own except the final epic; this is really a culmination of all the prior material, and a capstone using his themes of betrayal and forgiveness.
His main themes may be described as the evil of cruelty and the evil of war; one, the other, ... Read More
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Although Reynolds is best know for his detailed, long and literate space operas, I found this collection of related tales quite satisfying. Think of a series of vignettes stringing into the future with occasional references to the past and that's the nature of this book. Each tale is a complete story in itself although knowing a little background is helpful.
Many of the stories are simply mysteries to be solved; others highlight a new direction for mankind or choices we will one day be ... Read More
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"Galactic North" is a collection of stories taken from Reynolds's Revelation Space milieu. As a whole, this is a highly entertaining collection. And none of the stories are especially clunky.
Some of the stories feature familiar characters while others expand on familiar places. In some cases, you can see events referred to in the longer works and the story could have started as a writing exercise or maybe something excised from one of the novels. This adds a real dimension if you've read ... Read More
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Reynolds is one of my favorite newer authors. His books are big in scope and complex, as are his characters,and his prose flows well. I have never had to back up and re-read something I didn't understand. The revelation Space universe is a masterpiece. I like this book because it is a short story collection set in that universe. You get Reynolds at his best, in smaller doses.(I agree with Mr.Jordon!) This is important because once I start one of his books I cannot put it down.
When it comes ... Read More
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Galactic North (2006) is a collection of SF stories set in the Revelation Space universe. It contains eight stories and an Afterword by the author.
Great Wall of Mars is a Conjoiner story about Nevil Clavain and Galiana in the home nest. Glacial relates another Clavain and Galiana tale about a failed outsystem colony. A Spy in Europa recounts a Demarchist tale about an enemy agent who gives his all. Weather describes the rescue of a Conjoiner from a pirate ship and how she returns the favor. ... Read More
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