Publishers Weekly says 'the big concepts and complex story effectively pull readers into intriguing speculation about human identity and potential. Reception Įric Brown of The Guardian praises Reynolds's world building for the novel, and his ability to populate the far-future technological societies with well rounded characters. Leading the movement to secede is the mysterious Julius Devon Garlin Voi, who seems to have inside knowledge of what has been happening. As the meltings are happening, several habitats in the Glitter Band, unhappy with the decisions made by Panoply at the end of Aurora Rising, begin seceding from the Glitter Band and thus no longer fall under the authority of Panoply. Political fragmentation and social unrest follows massive breakthroughs in bio. Smaller settlements dotted around whole system, out to fringes of Kuiper Belt. By 2069 twelve million people live off Earth mainly around Earth and the Moon. The meltings begin to occur at an increasing rate, and the Prefects have no idea where to start the investigation. 2050 2080: period of great expansion into the solar system. Random, unconnected citizens in the Glitter Band are 'melting'-the neural implants in their heads rapidly overheating and frying their brains. REVELATION SPACE: a huge, magnificent space opera that ranges across the known and unknown. There have been 432 articles on the Revelation Space Wiki since December 2008.

Senior Prefect Tom Dreyfus and Field Prefect Thalia Ng are investigating a series of strange deaths. Welcome to the Revelation Space Wiki This wiki is dedicated to the Revelation Space series by Welsh science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds, and the setting of the series, the Revelation Space Universe. Īurora Rising and Elysium Fire comprise the Prefect Dreyfus Emergency series.Įlysium Fire begins two years after the events of Aurora Rising. Reynolds has stated that the novel requires no previous knowledge of Aurora Rising, functioning as a standalone work. He is also several other things that he doesnt talk about. It is a direct sequel to Aurora Rising, taking place in the Revelation Space universe. Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds Sylveste is, first and foremost, an archeologist, investigating the sudden and catastrophic end of an alien race nearly one million years ago.

Elysium Fire is a 2018 hard science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds.

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