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The Revelation Space Collection Volume 2
- GenresScience Fiction
480 pages, Hardcover
Published September 23, 2025
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About the author
Alastair Reynolds
315 books9,380 followersI'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 Wales.
In my spare time I am a very keen runner, and I also enjoying hill-walking, birdwatching, horse-riding, guitar and model-making. I also dabble with paints now and then. I met my wife in the Netherlands through a mutual interest in climbing and we married back in Wales. We live surrounded by hills, woods and wildlife, and not too much excitement.
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 Wales.
In my spare time I am a very keen runner, and I also enjoying hill-walking, birdwatching, horse-riding, guitar and model-making. I also dabble with paints now and then. I met my wife in the Netherlands through a mutual interest in climbing and we married back in Wales. We live surrounded by hills, woods and wildlife, and not too much excitement.
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December 30, 2025
More stories from the Revelation Space universe. Conjoiners, Demarchists, Ultras, and even a few baseline humans like Prefect Tom Dreyfuss (although I missed seeing Sparver, the hyperpig).
I had not realized how much body horror Reynolds puts into his stories, but there's quite a bit of horrible things happening to bodies. In a universe where bodies are easily modified in strange and bizarre ways, some strange and horrible things can happen. Some of these stories borderline on horror.
The Revelation Space universe is about as complex as a space opera universe gets. This is a result of working the same universe for about 25 years. In addition to the novels, it's interesting to see all the variations of novellas, novelettes and short stories set in various parts of the universe.
I had not realized how much body horror Reynolds puts into his stories, but there's quite a bit of horrible things happening to bodies. In a universe where bodies are easily modified in strange and bizarre ways, some strange and horrible things can happen. Some of these stories borderline on horror.
The Revelation Space universe is about as complex as a space opera universe gets. This is a result of working the same universe for about 25 years. In addition to the novels, it's interesting to see all the variations of novellas, novelettes and short stories set in various parts of the universe.
November 2, 2025
Rating 4.5
Remembered reading a couple of the stories previously in this volume, otherwise were new.
The stories ranged from straight sf to the sf/gothic horror styling of a number of his novels from this period.
Overall really enjoyed these novellas and short stories. Will have to glacé a re read of AR earlier novels possibly next year if I get the time.
Remembered reading a couple of the stories previously in this volume, otherwise were new.
The stories ranged from straight sf to the sf/gothic horror styling of a number of his novels from this period.
Overall really enjoyed these novellas and short stories. Will have to glacé a re read of AR earlier novels possibly next year if I get the time.
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