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Revelation Space

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: John Lee
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 Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself.

With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason. And if that reason is uncovered, the universe - and reality itself - could be irrevocably altered.

©2008 Alastair Reynolds (P)2008 Tantor Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera

Critic Reviews

"One of the best books of the year." ( Science Fiction Chronicle)
"Ferociously intelligent and imbued with a chilling logic - it may really be like this Out There." (Stephen Baxter, co-author of The Light of Other Days)
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As the narrators voice is the same for all characters I struggled early on to understand who was talking. Then he developed accents which made it even more confusing. Pretty good story but not really my favourite genre

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This is great monster scale hard space opera. No warp drives and worm holes to zoom around with only near light speed transport and all that entails. Reynolds does an awesome job of keeping a massive plot wowed together across huge scale. The end is satisfying although the plot is really straining at the bounds of complexity and g some of the decisions characters make seem a bit implausible. But that’s a minor quibble.

Well read, great story, for hectic to follow in the end.

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Just like other reviews It was slow at the start but definitely worth the wait. The characters although hard to remember in the start do eventually take form.Almost mind blowing descriptions of what might be, even if just a sci fi dream! Wasn't too fond of the narrator in the start but got used to him, eventually grew on me.

Great Sci Fi book, glad I finally gave it a go!

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This is a fantastic hard sci-fi space opera, something that (especially if you've read other Reynolds) you would do well to listen to. The characters are cleverly crafted, and the story keeps you interested and intrigued right until the end.

Lee is an awesome narrator too, by far the best I've heard on Audible so far.

Excellent sci fi

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very hard to keep up with the beginning of the story with two different lead ins that the narrator is forced to jump between too frequently. once they meet it becomes much more enjoyable.

fantastic by John lee, but difficult beginning

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