Alastair Reynolds

British science fiction author (born 1966) · United Kingdom · Writers

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Alastair Preston Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author. He specialises in hard science fiction and space opera.

A life in dates

2025Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign NovelAward2021“That was my plan. But there is an old saying about plans and war. I would have done well to heed it.”In their wordsHoldfast (p. 86)Read the whole statement

“And what keeps you going, exactly?”“Insulting my friends. Making new ones, to compensate for the ones I already insulted just a bit too much.”In their wordsDeath’s Door (p. 211)Read the whole statement

“There’s nothing like a stupid, accidental death to remind you of the supreme futility of everything.”In their wordsDeath’s Door (p. 229)Read the whole statement

“Imagine a permanent, shivering gloom, and never a moment without hunger, thirst and exhaustion.”In their wordsOpen and Shut (p. 265)Read the whole statement

“In its purest distillation beauty had always been merciless.”In their wordsPlague Music (p. 294)Read the whole statement

2017Locus Award for Best Young Adult BookAward2016“But you seem so nonchalant about it all,” Teal said. Merlin pondered this for a few seconds. “Do you think being not nonchalant would make any difference?”In their wordsp. 613Read the whole statement

Locus Award for Best NovellaAward2001BSFA Award for Best NovelAward1966Born13 March 1966

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That was my plan. But there is an old saying about plans and war. I would have done well to heed it.
2021, Holdfast (p. 86), Own words
You owned the world when you were a young man, felt it like it was fashioned to fit your hands. You could do anything with it you wanted to.
2021, Wrecking Party (p. 178), Own words
And what keeps you going, exactly?”“Insulting my friends. Making new ones, to compensate for the ones I already insulted just a bit too much.
2021, Death’s Door (p. 211), Own words