Beyond the Aquila Rift : the best of Alastair Reynolds

Librarian's Note: an alternate cover for this ISBN can be found (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32864732-beyond-the-aquila-rift) here . The very best of Alastair Reynolds more than sixty published short stories are gathered in this anthology, a sweeping 250,000 word career retrospective spanning more than fifteen years. It features the very best stories from the Revelation Space universe alongside thrilling hard science fiction stories, environmental SF tales and thought-provoking shorts. Table of Contents: Great Wall of Mars Weather Beyond the Aquila Rift Minla's Flowers Zima Blue Fury The Star Surgeon's Apprentice The Sledge-Maker's Daughter Diamond Dogs Thousandth Night Troika Sleepover Vainglory Trauma Pod The Last Log of the Lachrymosa The Water Thief The Old Man and the Martian Sea In Babelsberg Story Notes "The Guardian called Alastair Reynolds' work "a turbulent, wildly entertaining ride" and The Times acclaimed him as "the mastersinger of space opera". With a career stretching back more than 25 years and across fourteen novels, including the classic 'Revelation Space' series, the bestselling 'Poseidon's Children' series, Century Rain, Pushing Ice, and most recently The Medusa Chronicles (with Stephen Baxter), Reynolds has established himself as one of the best and most beloved writers of hard science fiction and space opera working today. A brilliant novelist, he has also been recognized as one of our best writers of short fiction. His short stories have been nominated for the Hugo, British Fantasy, British Science Fiction, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial, Locus, Italia, Seiun, and Sidewise Awards, and have won the Seiun and Sidewise Awards. The very best of his more than sixty published short stories are gathered in Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds, a sweeping 250,000 word career retrospective which features the very best stories from the 'Revelation Space' universe like "Galactic North", "Great Wall of Mars", "Weather", "Diamond Dogs", and "The Last Log of the Lachrymosa" alongside thrilling hard science fiction stories like Hugo Award nominee "Troika", "Thousandth Night", and "The Star Surgeon's Apprentice". Spanning more than fifteen years, the book also collects more recent stories like environmental SF tale "The Water Thief", powerful and moving YA "The Old Man and the Martian Sea" and the brilliant "In Babelsberg". Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds has something for every reader of science fiction, and easily meets the challenge of delivering stories that are the hardest of hard science fiction and great entertainment."--Jacket flap This Is An Amazing Collection Of Some Of The Best Short Fiction Ever Written In The Sf Genre, By An Author Acclaimed As 'the Mastersinger Of Space Opera' The Times. With An Introduction By Noted Sf Critic Johnathan Strahan, This Collection Of Twenty Short Stories, Novellettes And Novellas Includes Minla's Flowers, Signal To Noise, Troika, And Seven Previous Uncollected Stories, Including Trauma Pod, The Water Thief And In Babelsberg. Alastair Reynolds Has Won The Sidewise Award And Been Nominated For The Hugo Awards For His Short Fiction. One Of The Most Thought-provoking And Accomplished Short-fiction Writers Of Our Time, This Collection Is A Delight For All Sf Readers