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
Galactic North
β Scribed by Alastair Reynolds
- Publisher
- ePubLibre
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 279 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
A collection of eight short stories and novellas in the dark and turbulent world of Alastair Reynoldsβ 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 spaceβ¦ because whoβs to say that humanity wonβt be next?
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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 an
**A collection of eight short stories and novellas 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 le
### Review "A very worth while collection, with hints of what may be coming in future novels. Dark, vicious science fiction." STARBURST "The UK's pre-eminent hard- sci-fi author of the past decade. Let's hope Reynolds has plenty more mind space to explore." EDGE "The stories are written with real e