Manhattan In Reverse
10 best books like Manhattan In Reverse (Peter F. Hamilton): Pushing Ice, Revelation Space, Chasm City, House of Suns, Century Rain, Galactic North, On the Steel Breeze, Gridlinked, Shadow Captain, Permafrost
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0441014011 |
2057. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclearpowered ship, the Rockhopper, push ice. They mine comets. But when Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, inexplicably leaves its natural orbit and heads out of the solar system at high speed, Bella is ordered to shadow it for the few vital days before it falls forever...
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0441009425 |
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal,...
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0441010644 |
The once-utopian Chasm City -a doomed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet- has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted -from the people to the very buildings they inhabit- only...
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0575099127 |
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones, which she called shatterlings. But now, someone is eliminating the Gentian line. Campion and Purslane — two shatterlings who have fallen in love and shared forbidden...
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0441013074 |
Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust.Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose.
Something...
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0441015131 |
If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.
SF will not become SciFi: "Galactic North" by Alastair Reynolds
Is SF becoming SciFi? I hope not.
Dumbing down is the order of the day. Our marketing and publishing departments no longer want to...
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0575090456 |
It is a thousand years in the future. Mankind is making its way out into the universe on massive generation ships.
On the Steel Breeze is the follow-up to Blue Remembered Earth. It is both a sequel and a standalone novel, which just happens to be set in the same universe and revolves around members...
| Author | Neal Asher |
| ISBN | 0765349051 |
Gridlinked is a science fiction adventure in the classic, fast-paced, action-packed tradition of Harry Harrison and Poul Anderson, with a dash of cyberpunk and a splash of Ian Fleming added to spice the mix.
Cormac is a legendary Earth Central Security agent, the James Bond of a wealthy future...
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0575090634 |
The gripping sequel to the Locus award winning science fiction adventure, Revenger, tells a story of obsession and betrayal as two sisters hunt for the greatest treasure in the universe.
Adrana and Fura Ness have finally been reunited, but both have changed beyond recognition. Once desperate...
Fix the past. Save the present. Stop the future. Alastair Reynolds unfolds a time-traveling climate fiction adventure in Permafrost.
2080: at a remote site on the edge of the Arctic Circle, a group of scientists, engineers and physicians gather to gamble humanity’s future on one last-ditch...
| Author | Peter Haining |
| ISBN | 0441004873 |
This first-time collection showcases the Wizards of Odd--the masters of science fiction and fantasy at their quirky, comical best. Included are: a rare short story set in the world of Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams, a never-before-anthologized work by Terry Pratchett, unexpected offerings...
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 1597800589 |
When Reynolds opens his heart, his mind obeys and he produces lovely mini-masterpieces: Enola (here), Turquoise Days, Zima Blue (here) and Weather. Surely his finest works.
Mostly solid collection of stories here, with some true gems.
*** The Real Story
Good solid sci-fi....
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0575088508 |
Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different - and rigidly enforced - level of technology. Horsetown is pre-industrial; in Neon Heights they have television...
| Author | Neal Asher |
| ISBN | 1405055014 |
The Polity is under attack from a melded AI entity with control of the lethal Jain technology, yet the attack seems to have no coherence. When one of Erebuss wormships kills millions on the world of Klurhammon, a high-tech agricultural world of no real tactical significance, agent Ian Cormac is sent...
| Author | Gary Gibson |
| ISBN | 0230748775 |
It's 2235 and through the advent of wormhole technology more than a dozen interstellar colonies have been linked to Earth; but this new mode of transportation comes at a price and there are risks.
Saul Dumont knows this better than anyone. He's still trying to cope with the loss of the wormhole...
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0575090499 |
Reynolds continues to amaze. I remembered Blue Remembered Earth very fondly and this third book, taking place several hundred years after the events taking place there, captures more than just the spirit, but gives us one hell of an adventure among the stars.
Best points?
The Watchmakers,...
