Eversion

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It is no spoiler to say that Reynolds shows how such stories can be moulded to make us better humans. But memories can also be weaponised to keep our identities in stupefied thrall to capitalism, and this darker aspect gets an ample airing in Oliver Langmead’s Glitterati. Thanks to NetGalley and Orbit Books for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. I don’t want to draw exact correlations, but I didn’t go to Oxford or Cambridge. I had a normal British education. And so I could identify with the way this guy might feel at times—that he doesn’t have the right mannerisms to fit in at the dinner parties that the captain holds. He’s always, always slightly awkward, doesn’t quite know the right thing to say. Once I started writing the book and gravitating to the idea that he was going to be the main character, I really enjoyed doing his bits and particularly his interactions with the other crew members. Turquoise Days – Originally published as a chapbook from Golden Gryphon (2002, no ISBN); reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (2003, ISBN 0-312-30860-4), Gardner Dozois, ed.; and in Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels (2007, ISBN 0-312-36342-7), Gardner Dozois, ed.

Between 2012 and 2015 Reynolds released three novels set in a new universe called Poseidon's Children: Blue Remembered Earth (2012), On the Steel Breeze (2014), and Poseidon's Wake (2015). [9] [10] The novels comprise a hard science fiction trilogy dealing with the expansion of the human species into the solar system and beyond, and the emergence of Africa as a spacefaring, technological super-state. Alastair Reynolds on Trying to Encompass the Entire History of Science Fiction in One Novel". 4 November 2022. It’s hard to say much more about the story without giving away its many surprises. But one of the mysteries at the heart of it is the nature of the Edifice, whose indefinable shape seems to be a partial turning inside out (eversion). The attempt to work out the mathematics of this massive shape, and hence the ability to navigate its intricacies, is the obsession of the young mathematician, Raymond Dupin. His literally feverish preoccupation with solving this topological problem drives him to the point of fever and near death. Thousandth Night", ISBN 978-1596062597 (with "Minla's Flowers") – Originally published in One Million A.D. (2005), Gardner Dozois, ed.; available in electronic format from Subterranean Press.

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Diamond Dogs – Originally published as a chapbook from PS Publishing (2001, ISBN 1-902880-27-7); reprinted in Infinities (2002), Peter Crowther, ed. Alastair Reynolds (17 January 2012). "Scales by Alastair Reynolds". Lightspeed Magazine . Retrieved 10 June 2013. Eversion is a delightful book. Reynolds’ ability to capture the horror that Silas finds himself in through increasingly imaginative scenarios creates an odd sense of wonder. I felt compelled to soldier on alongside Silas, and almost finished the whole book in one sitting. The various settings all have slight changes that make each one feel slightly more thought out, a tad more detail here and there. In particular, the drugs that Silas partakes in change with the times and Reynolds keeps pushing the bar in funny ways. Each iteration also reveals something even more off about Silas’ predicament, making the mystery tantalizing. The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2001 Arthur C. Clarke Award". Locusmag.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012 . Retrieved 10 June 2013.

By far my favorite part of the book was the last chapter, where Reynolds has one more surprise in store for his readers. After finally revealing what’s going on, the author takes things one step further and gives us an emotional, feel good ending that I wasn’t expecting. If you’re looking for something different that will completely twist your view of reality, then Eversion is a must read. Deep Navigation. Framingham, MA: NESFA Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-886778-90-0 (Limited edition containing stories either not included in, or published after the earlier collections. Introduction by Stephen Baxter.) EVERSION is a mystery, a puzzle. It's a puzzle that both the reader and Silas Coade are to figure out as the novel progresses. Each segment of the novel is written in an appropriate tone and language for the time period it's set in. This gives each story quite an authentic feel as the characters as well as the readers advance through time. This also serves to keep the reader in the story; it's tough to keep the reader invested when language and vernacular is out of place. That is not a problem here. There's a bit of Burroughs and Verne here, among others. The most amusing is the section of the story in which the characters are obviously in a 1930s or 1940s pulp era story, complete with absolutely absurd characters and dialog. I couldn't keep the smile off my face as I read this section, although at the same time I did a bit of cringing when it crossed my mind that this was what science fiction used to be; it's no wonder it used to be considered a ghetto.Alastair Reynolds is a grand writer with many arrows in his quiver...[ Eversion] isa worthy heir to the time paradox plays of Priestley, which in turn embody the spiral-recurrence-with-progress notions of Gurdjieff; this book is an entertaining and thought-provoking instance of one of SF’s major themes, conceptual breakthrough, one which does not scant the heartbreak and frustration involved in such pursuits."— Locus

Alastair Reynolds: I’ve written quite a few novels, but I’ve also written a lot of short fiction, many, many short stories, and quite a few novellas. When you write a short story or a novella, you can get closer to something that you’re pleased with at the end of it. I’m not saying you achieve perfection, but you can’t get anywhere near perfection in a novel. There’s so many parameters, so many things that can go wrong with a novel, so many plates that you have to keep juggling in the air. It’s a wonder that any novels succeed at all. This is a SF novel, which starts as a historical novel about naval exploration, but then grows to something more. The author – Alastair Reynolds – is quite famous for his space opera Revelation Space as well as other works, but I’ve never read him before, except for his novella Permafrost. I liked what I’ve read and plan to try more from him. I read it as a part of monthly reading for October 2022 at SFF Hot from Printers: New Releases group. The book was published in 2022 and therefore eligible for the next year's SFF awards.

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ABSOLUTION GAP (2003) BSFA shortlist. End times approach; religious lunatics appear. Contains moving cathedrals and speculation about braneworlds. The star of this speculative satire is Simone. He is a fashionite, a rarefied type of super influencer whose every whim is lavishly catered for and documented by magazines read only by fashionites. For example, during a brief hospitalisation, he spies a regular proletarian gown among the haute couture medical gowns available to him. He complains and the item is summarily burned. For the Ages" – originally published in Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction (November 2011), Ian Whates, ed. A Spy in Europa" – Originally published in Interzone #120 (June 1997); reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998, ISBN 0-312-19033-6), Gardner Dozois, ed.; and posted free online at Infinity Plus [30]

Brenda Noiseux: For much of your career you’ve written series of books or multiple books set in particular universes. How big of a shift was it to go from something sprawling like that to the self-contained, first-person view of one character? The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2008 Seiun Awards". Locusmag.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013 . Retrieved 10 June 2013. Eversion: not to be confused with inversion, is a fancy way of saying "inside-out". After being grounded in several incarnations of exploration ships, having twisted myself up with the great characterizations, I have to say that I came out of this a bit inside-out, as well. At every stage of this mystery, Reynolds describes the technologies of the various vessels in great detail as well as the increasingly sophisticated instrumentation and mathematics for pinpointing and identifying the big, dumb object that proves so elusive to the explorers. But for me, the most memorable parts of the story, as is often the case in Alastair Reynolds’ writing, relate to the inner drives of the characters he creates and his depiction of a particular type of longing for relationships that are always out of reach. YOUR autobiographical memory can’t be trusted, and science has determined that this isn’t a bug, but a feature. The remembered stories from which we braid our identity bend and swerve to serve the narrative needs of our circumstances because our minds happily trade veracity for coherence and narrative. This strange space between recollection and construction is explored in two mesmerising books out this month.I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Eversion by Alastair Reynolds