Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds (born in 1966 in Barry, Wales) is a British science fiction author. He specialises in dark hard science fiction and space opera and noir toned stories.
Reynolds spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle, where he read Physics and Astronomy. Afterwards, he earned a PhD from St Andrews, Scotland. In 1991, he moved to Noordwijk in the Netherlands where he met his wife Josette (who is from France). There, he worked twelve years for the European Space Research and Technology Centre, part of the European Space Agency. About half of his time in ESA he spent working on S-Cam, the world's most advanced optical camera. In 2004 when he left ESA to pursue writing full time. He returned to Wales in 2008 and lives near Cardiff with his wife. They like horse riding, birds, long walks in the woods, good curries and old films.
Speculative Fiction Novels (37)
Revelation Space Book 5 (Revelation Space #5 of 5) 2024 | science fiction > space opera | Release date TBA |
Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #3 of 3) 2023 | science fiction > space opera | Release date 2023 |
Eversion 2022 | science fiction |
Belladonna Nights and Other Stories 2021 | science fiction, short stories |
Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space #4 of 5) 2021 | science fiction > space opera |
Bone Silence (Revenger #3 of 3) 2020 | science fiction > space opera |
Permafrost 2019 | science fiction |
Shadow Captain (Revenger #2 of 3) 2019 | science fiction > space opera |
Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #2 of 3) 2018 | science fiction > space opera |
Open and Shut (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #1.5 of 3) 2018 | science fiction > space opera, short stories |
The Iron Tactician 2016 | science fiction > space opera |
Revenger (Revenger #1 of 3) 2016 | science fiction > space opera |
Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds 2016 | science fiction, short stories |
The Medusa Chronicles 2016 | science fiction |
Slow Bullets 2015 | science fiction > space opera |
Poseidon's Wake (Poseidon's Children #3 of 3) 2015 | science fiction > space opera |
On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children #2 of 3) 2013 | science fiction > space opera |
Harvest of Time (Doctor Who) 2013 | science fiction |
Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children #1 of 3) 2012 | science fiction > space opera |
Troika 2011 | science fiction |
Terminal World 2010 | science fiction |
Deep Navigation 2010 | science fiction, short stories |
Thousandth Night & Minla's Flowers 2009 | science fiction |
The Six Directions of Space 2008 | science fiction |
House of Suns 2008 | science fiction > space opera |
The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #1 of 3) 2007 | science fiction > space opera |
Galactic North (Revelation Space #3.5 of 5) 2006 | science fiction > space opera, short stories |
Zima Blue and Other Stories 2006 | science fiction, short stories |
Pushing Ice 2005 | science fiction > space opera |
Century Rain 2004 | science fiction |
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space #3 of 5) 2003 | science fiction > cyberpunk + space opera |
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space #2 of 5) 2002 | science fiction > cyberpunk + space opera |
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Revelation Space #1.5 of 5) 2002 | science fiction > space opera, short stories |
Turquoise Days (Revelation Space #1.4 of 5) 2002 | science fiction > space opera |
Diamond Dogs (Revelation Space #1.3 of 5) 2001 | science fiction > space opera |
Chasm City (Revelation Space #0.5 of 5) 2001 | science fiction > cyberpunk + space opera |
Revelation Space (Revelation Space #1 of 5) 2000 | science fiction > cyberpunk + space opera |