“Well," she said, "I see it hasn't got a fuck of a lot better since I was away.” — Alastair Reynolds Better Copy Share Image
“I’d sliced his head off because in that moment I couldn’t think of anything simpler or more beautiful to do.” — Alastair Reynolds Time Copy Share Image
“None of us is a monster, Chiku. We’re all just trying to make the best of our singular natures.” — Alastair Reynolds Monster Copy Share Image
“There has been much debate on the matter, but the present state of understanding is that no useful information can ever emerge… — Alastair Reynolds Black hole Copy Share Image
My early memories of 'Who' are clouded by time and confused by repeats and reissues. I have no direct recollection of the… — Alastair Reynolds Confused Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be "a writer"; I only ever aspired to be an science fiction writer. They'll tear that badge out… — Alastair Reynolds Cold Copy Share Image
“I am Chiku Akinya. I am the daughter of Sunday Akinya; I am the grand-daughter of Eunice Akinya – Senge Dongma, the… — Alastair Reynolds Children Copy Share Image
The one thing that really terrifies me is we're going to get a signal from space that clears it all up: 'OK,… — Alastair Reynolds Going Copy Share Image
When you're writing stuff that's already clotted with neologisms and trying to get across fairly abstruse concepts, you're already putting a heavy… — Alastair Reynolds Books Copy Share Image
I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally.… — Alastair Reynolds Ideas Copy Share Image
There is so little SF drawn from modern scientific thinking, in any discipline, that I'm much more cheered by the successes than… — Alastair Reynolds Discipline Copy Share Image
I think I set myself on a course to become a scientist around about the time that Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' series was… — Alastair Reynolds Cosmos Copy Share Image
How did you . . . pass the time?’ Sunday asked. ‘You couldn’t just ching out of it, could you?’ ‘We had… — Alastair Reynolds Different 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… — Alastair Reynolds Psychology 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 Go 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
“I thought we were better then this." "We're human. Be thankful we've moved on from clubbing each other's brains out every five… — Alastair Reynolds Better Copy Share Image
I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science fiction… — Alastair Reynolds Fiction 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 Attack Copy Share Image
Nightside, cities glistened in chains, and a spray of tinkertoy habitats girdled the planet. Gossamer starbridges reached from the equator towards orbit. — Alastair Reynolds Chains Copy Share Image
I'm a wishy-washy 'Guardian' reader, but the last thing I want to do is force a political agenda down people's throats. It's… — Alastair Reynolds Books Copy Share Image
“Gravity ruled, and gravity did not take into account circumstances, or the unfairness of things, or listen to eleventh-hour petitions before reluctantly… — Alastair Reynolds Gravity Did Copy Share Image
In crime, I like Ian Rankin and James Lee Burke. As for historical books, I enjoy Bernard Cornwell, Patrick O'Brien, and C.… — Alastair Reynolds Anything 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 Experience Copy Share Image
“Arethusa liked to call us Poseidon’s Children. Orphans of the storm. We’d endured the worst the world could throw at us, the… — Alastair Reynolds Children Copy Share Image
“Do you have to sound so damned indifferent to it all? Here we are talking about how we're likely to be dead… — Alastair Reynolds Death 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… — Alastair Reynolds Cleverness Copy Share Image
“My people are impressing on Tulwar's people the wisdom of surrender and a rapid shift of allegiance. I'm counting on most them… — Alastair Reynolds Good thing Copy Share Image
Why would you need to expand beyond the solar system if you already have access to all the information you need, and… — Alastair Reynolds Apocalypse 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 Adam and eve 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 Different world 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 Look 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 American 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 Bedroom 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
