Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds which is the 2nd part of the series. Absolutely top-notch hard sci-fi space opera. After reading Revelation Space Mr. Reynolds already caught my attention and rocketed himself into my personal pantheon of the greats alongside Stanislaw Lem, Strugatsky brothers, Robert Sheckley, Harry Harrison, Larry Niven etc.
I really like the overall world building of the Revelation Space universe. I’m currently reading Machine Vendetta which came out recently and is in somewhat of a prequel series for Revelation Space. Some of the Demarchist communities described in the Glitter Band are really wacky.
The various factions, planets, concepts, etc. are all great. It’s a great universe for short stories and there are some good anthologies.
However… I think I actually enjoyed Reynolds’ Revenger series a lot more in terms of the individual characters and their stories. If someone forced me to pick out only three books from Reynolds for you to read, it would be the three books in the Revenger trilogy.
I’d also recommend another series from him which starts with Blue Remembered Earth.
Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds which is the 2nd part of the series. Absolutely top-notch hard sci-fi space opera. After reading Revelation Space Mr. Reynolds already caught my attention and rocketed himself into my personal pantheon of the greats alongside Stanislaw Lem, Strugatsky brothers, Robert Sheckley, Harry Harrison, Larry Niven etc.
I really like the overall world building of the Revelation Space universe. I’m currently reading Machine Vendetta which came out recently and is in somewhat of a prequel series for Revelation Space. Some of the Demarchist communities described in the Glitter Band are really wacky.
The various factions, planets, concepts, etc. are all great. It’s a great universe for short stories and there are some good anthologies.
However… I think I actually enjoyed Reynolds’ Revenger series a lot more in terms of the individual characters and their stories. If someone forced me to pick out only three books from Reynolds for you to read, it would be the three books in the Revenger trilogy.
I’d also recommend another series from him which starts with Blue Remembered Earth.