I'm not massively fond of right-wing nutters or war criminals. — Alastair Reynolds Criminals Copy Share Image
Science fiction can be very relevant, could be good literature. — Alastair Reynolds Books Copy Share Image
“That’s what love is – sacrifice. Sacrificing everything ...” — Alastair Reynolds Love Copy Share Image
I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“We have worlds to save, Doctor Aziba.” “That sounds ... compelling,” the physician allowed.” — Alastair Reynolds Doctor Copy Share Image
When I'm working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I don't think the computer will win the Booker, but no-one ever expected a computer to beat a chess grandmaster. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I've always been skeptical of the idea that sentience is going to be an exclusively human attribute. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I've always loved far future SF, so it was more or less a given that I would one day want to write… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
It looked like a biology lesson for gods, or a snapshot of the kind of pornography which might be enjoyed by sentient… — Alastair Reynolds Biology Copy Share Image
I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D.… — Alastair Reynolds Math Copy Share Image
There are similarities between historical novels and science fiction. Being thrown into the Napoleonic Wars is just as much of a different… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Dimly--at first wary that it was merely a dislodged fragment of the dream--she remembered Resurgam. And then, slowly, events returned, not as… — Alastair Reynolds Dreams Copy Share Image
When I look back at many of the moments of wonder, awe, or terror that I've got from science fiction, it's often… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
It's not healthy to obsess over every data point, every review or reader comment. I think the first few times you see… — Alastair Reynolds Background noise Copy Share Image
I don't know why, but American sci-fi writers seem to focus on the near-future, which has given us Brits a clear run… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
Daleks scared the hell out of me, to the point where I wouldn't go round to another boy's house because he had… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
Speaking for myself, I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate… — Alastair Reynolds Fiction Copy Share Image
“To feel oneself so tiny, so fragile, so inherently losable, was at first spiritually crushing. But, by the same token, this realisation… — Alastair Reynolds Human existence Copy Share Image
I used to be a strong believer that we would eventually colonize the solar system the way it's been done in science… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“There was something heartbreakingly beautiful about the lights of distant ships, I thought. It was something that touched both on human achievement… — Alastair Reynolds Achievement Copy Share Image
The first time I read a crime novel - I think it may have been an Elmore Leonard book - it took… — Alastair Reynolds Books Copy Share Image
“The two men -- Fray and Malkin -- were standing near each other. They were not unarmed. They were quite seriously not… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Mathematics is a terrible calling. It’s as merciless as gravity. It swallows the soul. There’s a point near a black hole called… — Alastair Reynolds Black hole Copy Share Image
What works for me is simply to read a lot of stuff throughout the year - not with a particular story or… — Alastair Reynolds Books Copy Share Image
“Niagara made a careful gesture, like some religious benediction: a diagonal slice across his chest and a stab to the heart. ‘A… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
My mother was a part of a reading group, but they would never come near science fiction because they think it's not… — Alastair Reynolds Books Copy Share Image
I don't like a lot of what's published as hard SF. Much of it is right-wing, reactionary crap. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I couldn't ever write a straight crime novel: there'd be an intrusion of weirdness at some point. — Alastair Reynolds Books Copy Share Image
“You didn't weld it shut or anything like that?" "Yes, stupid me, I forgot.” — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind. — Alastair Reynolds Books Copy Share Image
“Such was the nature of obsessions: no quarter given for the human cost.” — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
