Elysium Fire

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Author(s):

Alastair Reynolds

First Pub:

2018

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

23 chapters

Internal ID:

13785

Series:

<- The Prefect

Prefect Dreyfus Emergency*

#2 of 2

Prefect Dreyfus Emergency*

A series that is a subseries set in the Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds.

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1) The Prefect
2) Elysium Fire

Revelation Space

#0.2 of 4

Revelation Space

A series of science fiction books by Alastair Reynolds that take place in the Revelation Space universe.

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0.2) Elysium Fire
1) Revelation Space
2) Redemption Ark
3) Absolution Gap
4) Inhibitor Phase

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Dedication:

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First Sentence:

From a distance it almost looked natural.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Across the grounds, far from the Shell House - but still within the family dome, rather than beyond it, in the greater expanse of Chasm City - something was on fire.

Primary Location(s):

Yellowstone
The Glitter Band

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Added: 27-Dec-2023

Last Updated: 05-Jan-2024

Publications

01-Jan-2018

Orbit US

Trade Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-2018

Format:

Trade Paperback

Cover Price:

$16.99

Pages*:

419

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

33426

Publisher:

Orbit US

ISBN:

0-316-55567-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-316-55567-8

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Barbara Bella - Photographer
Lauren Panepinto - Cover Design
Shutterstock - Cover Images

TEN THOUSAND CITY-STATE HABITATS ORBIT
THE PLANET YELLOWSTONE, FORMING A
NEAR-PERFECT DEMOCRATIC
HUMAN PARADISE.

But even utopia has a dark side...

Across the habitats people are dying suddenly and randomly, leaving no clues as to the cause of their deaths. And while panic rises in the populace, a charismatic figure is sowing insurrection, convincing a small but growing number of habitats to break away from the Glitter Band - literally tearing society apart.

Elysium Fire is a smoldering tale of murderers, secret cultists, tampered memories, and unthinkable power, of bottomless corruption and overpowering idealism from the king of modern space opera.

PRAISE FOR ALASTAIR REYNOLDS

"Heir to writers like Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, Reynolds keeps up the tradition of forward thinking."
- THE A.V. CLUB

"A leading light of the New Space Opera movement in science fiction."
- LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS

"[Reynolds is] a mastersinger of the space opera."
- THE TIMES

"One of the giants of the new British space opera."
- io9

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Notes and Comments:

First Trade Paperback Edition: January 2018
Third printing based on the number line
Canada: $22.99

Bought with Christmas gift cards

Author(s)

Alastair Reynolds
Birth: 13 Mar 1966 Barry, Wales, UK

Notes:

From "Meet the Author" in Elysium Fire:

ALASTAIR REYNOLDS was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St. Andrews universities and has a PhD in astronomy. He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. Revelation Space and Pushing Ice were shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award; Revelation Space, Absolution Gap, and Century Rain were shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award, and Chasm City won the British Science Fiction Award.

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