Zima Blue - Hardcover

Reynolds, Alastair

4.07

4,462 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0575084057 ISBN 13: 9780575084056

Publisher: Gollancz, 2009

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Reynolds' pursuit of truth is not limited to wide-angle star smashing - not that stars don't get pulverised when one character is gifted (or cursed) with an awful weapon by the legendary Merlin. Reynolds' protagonists find themselves in situations of betrayal, whether by a loved one's accidental death, as in 'Signal to Noise', or by a trusted wartime authority, in 'Spirey and the Queen'. His fertile imagination can resurrect Elton John on Mars in 'Understanding Space and Time' or make prophets of the human condition out of pool-cleaning robots in the title story.
But overall, the stories in ZIMA BLUE represent a more optimistic take on humanity's future, a view that says there may be wars, there may be catastrophes and cosmic errors, but something human will still survive.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:

Reynolds's second collection contains 14 stories and novellas, ranging from a near-future, character-based exploration of love and quantum reality set in Cardiff, to far-future space operas packed with seat-of-the-pants action and cutting-edge ideas. He's noted for big novels that combine storylines strung out across aeons with mind-blowing cosmological theory, and he's just as successful at presenting these concepts in the more constraining form of the short story. (Eric Brown THE GUARDIAN)

Reynold's is most definitely a writer's writer. He knows how to weld big ideas to real emotions. (Jonathan Wright SFX)

"This is clever stuff, and consistently well realised." (Matt Bielby DEATHRAY)

Book Description:

A fabulous collection spanning the galaxies and career of SF superstar Alastair Reynolds

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.