“It was that same old spiralling argument, and again he didn’t have the energy to fight his corner. ‘When you put it… — Alastair Reynolds 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 act of knowledge acquisition is entirely without risk.” — Alastair Reynolds Knowledge 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
As an SF writer, you've got the infinite toolkit of the writer at your disposal. — Alastair Reynolds Disposal 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 Believe Copy Share Image
I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it. — Alastair Reynolds About Copy Share Image
I'm a genre writer - I chose to be one, I ended up one, I still am one, and I'm not writing… — Alastair Reynolds Anything Copy Share Image
“Volyova felt as if her brain consisted of a room full of precocious schoolchildren: individually bright, and—if only they would pool themselves—capable… — Alastair Reynolds Focus 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 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
I've always been attracted to Pertwee's portrayal of the Doctor as dashing man-of-science, charming, sceptical, and rational. — Alastair Reynolds Always Copy Share Image
Without risk in our lives, we're scarcely better than machines ourselves. — Alastair Reynolds Computers 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
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
As a kid, I'd buy novels with these magnificent Chris Fosse covers which showed an enormous contraption hovering over a planet, and… — Alastair Reynolds Always Copy Share Image
“You've found a way to stay sane, Renfew--even if that means admitting a tiny piece of piano-playing madness into your world. But… — Alastair Reynolds Hope Copy Share Image
I would much rather we concentrated on the immediate, still-potent dangers, such as nuclear weapons, runaway climate change, and so on. Sort… — Alastair Reynolds Change Copy Share Image
Ideas have a certain gestation period that can't be forced. — Alastair Reynolds Certain Copy Share Image
“You didn't weld it shut or anything like that?" "Yes, stupid me, I forgot.” — Alastair Reynolds Humor Copy Share Image
“Well," she said, "I see it hasn't got a fuck of a lot better since I was away.” — Alastair Reynolds Humor Copy Share Image
I always like Iain Banks science fiction stuff and William Gibson's cyberpunk stuff from the 1980s. — Alastair Reynolds Always Copy Share Image
I hope that 'House of Suns' functions as an independent novel. — Alastair Reynolds Books Copy Share Image
“Humanity is an assemblage of information-processing entities, and in that regard you have potential.” — Alastair Reynolds Humanity Copy Share Image
