I don't think the computer will win the Booker, but no-one ever expected a computer to beat a chess grandmaster. — Alastair Reynolds Beat 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
“Such was the nature of obsessions: no quarter given for the human cost.” — Alastair Reynolds Cost Copy Share Image
Science fiction writers aren't short of ideas. You can read a book, and it sets off a chain of thought processes, so… — Alastair Reynolds Books 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
“All I can say for certain is that, beneath the scrambled chaos of my memories, I feel a driving imperative, a sense… — Alastair Reynolds Life meaning Copy Share Image
“I haven’t needed anything big enough from you to justify being pleasant, and I doubt I ever will.” — Alastair Reynolds 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
One of the dangers of science fiction, particularly bad science fiction, is that you have these scenes where the characters turn to… — Alastair Reynolds Bad 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
I'm always a little bit cautious around invented terminology because so much science fiction is off-putting to the uninitiated. You open up… — Alastair Reynolds Always 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 Big idea Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'House Of Suns,' there were a few writers I had in mind as role models, the main being… — Alastair Reynolds Being 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
“You look older, son.” “Yes, well, some of us have to get on with the business of being alive in the entropic… — Alastair Reynolds Business Copy Share Image
As a science fiction writer, it's hard to think of a more stirring theme than the origin and ultimate destiny of life… — Alastair Reynolds Destiny Copy Share Image
The human capacity for grief. It just isn't capable of providing an adequate emotional response once the dead exceed a few dozen… — Alastair Reynolds Adequate 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
I'm just happy to have some American readers - enough that it's a viable proposition for my books to appear there. — Alastair Reynolds American Copy Share Image
The cards always look different when it's your turn to play them; loaded with subtly different possibilities. — Alastair Reynolds Cards Copy Share Image
“That didn’t take long,” Trysil said, clenching a fist so that the muscles popped out along her arm. “You know the captain.… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was reliably informed that we'd have gone to Mars by 1985, and of course it's 2012,… — Alastair Reynolds Adventure Copy Share Image
“Everything depends on everything else, doesn’t it? That’s interconnectivity for you – it’s a bitch.” — Alastair Reynolds Interconnectivity Copy Share Image
