What works for me is simply to read a lot of stuff throughout the year - not with a particular story or… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
Don't keep rewriting and polishing something if it isn't setting the world on fire: start something new instead and consider the earlier… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
If there's a story I absolutely cannot tell without faster-than-light travel, then I am quite prepared to accept it - even though… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
No idea should be discarded completely, but - as one might imagine - it does take a degree of ingenuity to find… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I come at it from a different angle of attack with each novel, searching for the technological texture the story demands. There… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
In some respects, big ideas can be a bit too big for a short story - especially if you've only got a… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“We have made some collective mistakes as a species, it’s true – invested too much power in things we can’t see, let alone control. But look at the world we have, Chiku. For all its failings, things could be a great deal worse. No one’s died in any wars lately, or been murdered, or left to rot in a prison,… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share
“So much for the tolerant acceptance of the other. We’re forging out into deep space – who knows what we’ll meet out there? If… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Believe me, when you're dealing with infectious alien mind parasites, I always find primitive is best." Then, calmly, almost as if it were a… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“There's a vorg loose," Meroka explained. "In case that escaped your attention. Ricasso's doing his bit for Swarm, trying to kill the thing before it sucks someone's brains out. Now he might be able to find time in his schedule to file that paperwork you need, but I'm guessing it's going to be a stretch, what with a monster on… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share
“The two men -- Fray and Malkin -- were standing near each other. They were not unarmed. They were quite seriously not unarmed. Both men were carrying -- or at least aiming -- what could only be categorised as small artillery pieces: two bulky gas-powered spinguns, so heavy that they had to be strapped to their bodies via thick leather… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share
I couldn't think of anything more pointless than reading a piece of fiction written by a robot. — Alastair Reynolds 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
There is enough material in the Kuiper Belt to build anything out there. We could gobble up all the little asteroids, filtering out all… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“I don't know." That was typical Sajaki; like all the genuinely clever people Sylveste had met he knew better than to feign understanding where… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another. — 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 to science… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
