members travelling together rather than going different ways appears to be the biggest crime in the book, though frankly Things To Do In Deimos When You're Dead" - Published in Asimov's Science Fiction (September/October 2022)

The Last Log of the Lachrimosa" – originally published in Subterranean Online (July 2014) (a Revelation Space story) [31] failed to deliver to the Vigilance (a vast but unwelcoming interstellar library and research centre) and, after using Lurk on any sci-fi book forum and you're bound to come across Alastair Reynolds sooner rather than later. It's not easy to find a good starting point with Reynolds, since his magnum opus, the Revelation Space series, is long and reportedly hit-and-miss in places. Two other frequently recommended standalone novels of his are Pushing Ice and House of Suns - the latter is unanimously praised everywhere I've seen it mentioned, and I dove into it eagerly after finishing Use Of Weapons. Abigail Gentian can never remember the name of her young playmate/rival. And in the end the whole novel turns on Ascension Day" – Originally published in Voices from the Past (May 2011), reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection (2012, ISBN 978-1-250-00354-6), Gardner Dozois, ed.The Fixation – Originally published in a Finnish language, Hannun basaarissa a limited edition booklet of about 200 copies in tribute to Hannu Blommila in Finland (2007); reprinted in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 3 (February 2009), George Mann, ed.. Understanding Space and Time" – Originally published in a limited edition of 400 copies for the Novacon 35 Sci Fi convention; reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition (2006, ISBN 978-0-8095-5649-6), Rich Horton, ed.; and in Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 (2006), Jonathan Strahan, 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] or in some way explain the events of six million years later. But this resonance never comes. Instead we witness

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The audiobook production is fairly good, though it left a few things to be desired. On one hand, John Lee has the control to read all the astrobabble in the story without being cheesy; on the other, his protagonists sound pretty similar. It took me a little while to realize that there were two main points of view, though who’s speaking becomes obvious once you grasp the contextual hints.

Scales" – Originally published in The Guardian (2009); and posted free online at Lightspeed Magazine. [37] Deflector Shields: Used throughout the novel. A ubiquitous technology during the time of the novel. Also used for inertial dampening, as a ship's shields can be projected internally around its inhabitants, allowing extremely high-g maneuvers that would normally render everybody inside to jelly. 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.The Six Directions of Space", ISBN 978-1596061842 – Originally published in Galactic Empires (September 2007 [36]), Gardner Dozois, ed. Death's Door" – originally published in Infinity's End, Solaris Press (July 2018), Jonathan Strahan ed.

Remainers" - Originally published in Tales from the Edge: Escalation, Spiral Arm Studios (July 2017), Stephen Gaskell ed. the idea of willingly contemplating millennia without human company makes them distinctly non-human to my mind, and the memories. Though it is never explicitly stated, it is clear that information is the currency of the innumerable 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. enjoy spending time with them, we wish them well. Nevertheless, when the story comes down to the ground, when ReynoldsIndividually known as "shatterlings", the Gentian Line is composed of slightly under a thousand clones made from a woman who lived in the 31st century. They individually roam the galaxy, flitting from star to star near the speed of light, skipping over the ages via Time Dilation. Their purpose is the explore and catalogue civilizations, and every 250,000 years or so they all come together once again to share their experiences and coalesce their knowledge. They've existed for the past six million years, witness to the constant grind of civilization. Ancient Conspiracy: The House of Suns is one, being formed by the Line members responsible for the creation of the virus that wiped out the First Machines. They try to erase any evidence and memories of the First Machines from existence to keep the genocide secret, wiping out Lines and civilizations if necessary.