Alastair Reynolds has continued to publish short fiction throughout the thirty-odd years of his professional career. This fourth collection gathers material mostly written by the former space scientist in the last decade, even as a number of storiesâsuch as the title piece, set in the universe of House of Sunsârevisit earlier environments.
The scope of settings is wide, ranging from the contemporaneous Earth to the near future and out to the furthest realms of the galaxy, and taking in such diverse topics as the perils of immortality, cybernetic encounters in the Wild West, uncanny skateboard parks and the flocking behaviour of birds. There is horror here, but also hopeâand not a little black humour.
The collection includes âOpen and Shut,â âNight Passage,â and âPlague Music,â a long, previously unpublished story, all three set in the Revelation Space universe.
Belladonna Nights and Other Stories - Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds has continued to publish short fiction throughout the thirty-odd years of his professional career. This fourth collection gathers material mostly written by the former space scientist in the last decade, even as a number of storiesâsuch as the title piece, set in the universe of House of Sunsârevisit earlier environments.
The scope of settings is wide, ranging from the contemporaneous Earth to the near future and out to the furthest realms of the galaxy, and taking in such diverse topics as the perils of immortality, cybernetic encounters in the Wild West, uncanny skateboard parks and the flocking behaviour of birds. There is horror here, but also hopeâand not a little black humour.
The collection includes âOpen and Shut,â âNight Passage,â and âPlague Music,â a long, previously unpublished story, all three set in the Revelation Space universe.