Books Quote by Alastair Reynolds

“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.…

— Alastair Reynolds

“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

“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

“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…

— Alastair Reynolds

“The two men -- Fray and Malkin -- were standing near each other. They were not unarmed. They were quite seriously not unarmed. Both…

— Alastair Reynolds

I couldn't think of anything more pointless than reading a piece of fiction written by a robot.

— Alastair Reynolds

When I'm working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one.

— Alastair Reynolds

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

Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished.

— Alastair Reynolds

“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

Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.

— Alastair Reynolds

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