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Alastair Reynolds


Born
in Barry, Wales, The United Kingdom
March 13, 1966

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I'm Al, I used to be a space scientist, and now I'm a writer, although for a time the two careers ran in parallel. I started off publishing short stories in the British SF magazine Interzone in the early 90s, then eventually branched into novels. I write about a novel a year and try to write a few short stories as well. Some of my books and stories are set in a consistent future named after Revelation Space, the first novel, but I've done a lot of other things as well and I like to keep things fresh between books.

I was born in Wales, but raised in Cornwall, and then spent time in the north of England and Scotland. I moved to the Netherlands to continue my science career and stayed there for a very long time, before eventually returning to
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Another fundraising half marathon

 It's coming around to the latter part of summer, which means I'm building up to the Cardiff Half Marathon in early October. 

This year I'll be aiming to raise funds for Stroke Association. If you'd like to support my effort, then please follow this link:

https://cardiffhalf26.enthuse.com/pf/alastair-reynolds

You can read a bit about my reasons for doing the run over there, and I'll also be lo

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“A city's only ever three hot meals away from anarchy.”
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“I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.”
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