I am a huge Reynolds fan and he is an author not to be missed by fans of the genre…. The short story is the perfect way to explore large themes with such a little. It does not spell things out as it leaves that to you. It uses the characters as a means to tell a story that will make you think. It does not waste time with too many details or explanations. We live surrounded by hills, woods and wildlife, and not too much excitement.īeyond the Aquila Rift by Alastair Reynolds is a fantastic short piece of science fiction. I met my wife in the Netherlands through a mutual interest in climbing and we married back in Wales. In my spare time I am a very keen runner, and I also enjoying hill-walking, birdwatching, horse-riding, guitar and model-making.

I moved to the Netherlands to continue my science career and stayed there for a very long time, before eventually returning to Wales. I was born in Wales, but raised in Cornwall, and then spent time in the north of England and Scotland. Some of my books and stories are set in a consistent future named after Revelation Space, the first novel, but I've done a lot of other things as well and I like to keep things fresh between books. I write about a novel a year and try to write a few short stories as well. I started off publishing short stories in the British SF magazine Interzone in the early 90s, then eventually branched into novels. I'm Al, I used to be a space scientist, and now I'm a writer, although for a time the two careers ran in parallel.

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