Revelation Space is a 2000 hard science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel set in the Revelation Space universe, although the then-unnamed universe had already been established by several published short stories.
The novel reflects Reynold's professional background: he has a PhD in Astronomy and worked for many years for the European Space Agency.
Revelation Space was short listed for the 2000 BSFA...
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Revelation Space is a 2000 hard science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel set in the Revelation Space universe, although the then-unnamed universe had already been established by several published short stories.
The novel reflects Reynold's professional background: he has a PhD in Astronomy and worked for many years for the European Space Agency.
Revelation Space was short listed for the 2000 BSFA and Arthur C Clarke awards.
Excavating the 900,000-year-old Amarantin civilization on its home world, Resurgam, archaeologist Dan Sylveste discovers evidence of a splinter cult that abandoned Resurgam for the stars but returned, only to be swallowed up by a mysterious cataclysm that destroyed all the Amarantins.
Aboard the Nostalgia for Infinity, a vast light-hugger ship in interstellar space, the Triumvirate of cyborg starfarers seeks Sylveste to heal its captain, afflicted by the deadly Melding Plague. The Melding Plague is a pathogen of...
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