Galactic North (ISBN 057507910X, published by Gollancz) is a collection of short stories by the science fiction author Alastair Reynolds. It comprises all of Reynold's short stories and novellas set in the Revelation Space universe save two, available in Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days.
Reynolds states in the afterword to the collection that the stories are set in rough chronological order, with Great Wall of Mars occurring around AD 2200, whilst Ga...
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Galactic North (ISBN 057507910X, published by Gollancz) is a collection of short stories by the science fiction author Alastair Reynolds. It comprises all of Reynold's short stories and novellas set in the Revelation Space universe save two, available in Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days.
Reynolds states in the afterword to the collection that the stories are set in rough chronological order, with Great Wall of Mars occurring around AD 2200, whilst Galactic North extends to AD 40 000
In this short story, we meet Nevil Clavain, one of the protagonists of the Revelation Space cycle, Galiana, the founder of the Conjoiner faction, and Sandra Voi, an important person in the Demarchist faction.
The story begins on Deimos, where Nevil Clavain, a high-ranking officer in the Coalition for Neural Purity is preparing to go down to the surface of Mars. His brother, Warren, is pushing for war with the Conjoiners. Eventually, Clavain and Voi depart and fly down towards the Great Wall of Mars, which...
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