Galactic North
The first short story collection by "ONE OF SCIENCE FICTION'S BEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS NOVELISTS"(SFX).With eight short stories and novellas, Galactic North imparts the centuriesspanning events that have produced this dark and turbulent world.Centuries from now, solidarity stretches thin as humanity spreads past the solar system and to the nearest stars. Technology has produced powerful new tools, but lethal risk accompanies each new advancement.
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What Hacker News says
- A bit “harder” sci-fi but incredible world building - Alastair Reynolds.
I recommend his short stories first - Galactic North is a good start. Or Beyond the Aquila Rift.
House of Suns is a good first novel.
- Alastair Reynolds - Galactic North is a fantastic collection of short stories, and his House of Suns is an excellent shorter novel.
He is an astrophysicist, turned, science-fiction writer, and his world building is incredible.
- Alastair Reynolds’s House of Suns (novel) and Galactic North. Incredibly fun sci fi.
I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj. It’s a collection of recorded conversations in QA format. I read from it on a weekly basis.
- I think you'd enjoy Alastair Reynolds' sci-fi stories, particularly the short story "Glacial" in the "Galactic North" collection.
- Galactic North - Alastair Reynolds
House of Suns - Alastair Reynolds
Lilith’s Brood - Octavia Butler
The Expanse
- I read Galactic North, Beyond the Aquila Rift, and House of Suns - all by Alaistair Raynolds and loved all of them.
