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 Chasm City - Alastair Reynolds
Description: ISBN 0441010644 / Author: Alastair Reynolds / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy Newest Review: ... artefacts, space ships, cultures whatever. It is not uncommon, in all fiction writing, to gradually make the reader aware of ... more  ... more and more detail as the plot thickens, this has the dual purpose of drawing you in and controlling plot pace. In some books, often in the older more 'classical' science fiction, this gradually discovery of details and information for the reader is simultaneous with the discovery of the same information for the lead character or characters. This, when done well, reinforces the imagery and makes the reader feel more part of the story, you are trying to work out the mystery at the sae time as, and with th...more |
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Format: paperback (A format), Publisher: Orion Publishing Co, ISB
In Chasm City, Alastair Reynolds revisits the noir universe of hi ... |
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Chasm City - Alastair Reynolds: Filling a chasm of Sci Fi quality? Yes. (1673 words)
by mpeh - written on 09.12.02 (Very useful, 119 readings)
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I reviewed Alastair Reynolds first book 'Revelation Space' some while ago and have updated that opinion to get it noticed again, it should be sitting just behind this one in my profile. I have done this for two reasons; I thought that people might want to read reviews of both books by the same reviewer back to back and I hoped that the first review would pick up some more reads. All I've done to the updated version is correct a few typos. I titled the first review 'A Revelation in Sci Fi writing? Nearly' and am now confident that this, second book in the series fulfils that earlier promise. Reynolds has achieved what so many fail to do or overdo a ...
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