Inhibitor Phase
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- Create Date：2021-06-28 00:16:44
- Update Date：2025-09-23
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- Author：Alastair Reynolds
- ISBN：B08R1JQ417
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Dan
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As you might guess from the title， this is a new novel in the Revelation Space universe。 It’s set later than any other novel in the series， at a point where the Inhibitors have done most of their work， and what’s left of humanity is just a few scattered and concealed enclaves trying to lie low。 It starts off as a standalone， but （very mild spoiler） it wouldn’t be a terrible idea to refresh yourself on the other books before reading。 I really enjoyed this。 The usual Reynolds preoccupations of ide As you might guess from the title， this is a new novel in the Revelation Space universe。 It’s set later than any other novel in the series， at a point where the Inhibitors have done most of their work， and what’s left of humanity is just a few scattered and concealed enclaves trying to lie low。 It starts off as a standalone， but （very mild spoiler） it wouldn’t be a terrible idea to refresh yourself on the other books before reading。 I really enjoyed this。 The usual Reynolds preoccupations of identity and transformation are to the fore， along with the body horror and cosmic awe you’d expect from an RS book， but he’s also kept the breakneck pace of the Revenger series- this one fairly rockets along。 Best of all， it opens up a whole new section of the timeline for exploration， so I hope the return to this universe is more than a passing fancy。 It’s good to be back。 。。。more
Alexander
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ARC via NetGalley I love Reynold’s Revelation Space universe and this is a worthy addition to the series。 While not as complex as some of his other stories （it’s more a treasure hunt than anything else） it’s definitely as satisfying and catches us up with some old friends from the series。 Very much recommended
Claudia
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Me happy， happy？ No。 I think ecstatic would be a better word。 Or is there another one more comprehensive to describe the bliss I'm feeling right now？ “I saw alien skies， alien suns， birthing nebulae， the scattered ashes of worlds and stars， vistas of great magnificence and equally great desolation。 Time dizzied me。 I had thought I understood time， but now my ignorance left me reeling。 Time was vaster and colder and lonelier than anything I had ever imagined。 There had already been much of it: he Me happy， happy？ No。 I think ecstatic would be a better word。 Or is there another one more comprehensive to describe the bliss I'm feeling right now？ “I saw alien skies， alien suns， birthing nebulae， the scattered ashes of worlds and stars， vistas of great magnificence and equally great desolation。 Time dizzied me。 I had thought I understood time， but now my ignorance left me reeling。 Time was vaster and colder and lonelier than anything I had ever imagined。 There had already been much of it: heavy oceanic layers of time， plunging into deep， still blackness， and my consciousness was just a feeble thing drifting in the highest sunlit layer。 A galaxy’s worth of history had already passed into this ocean and been memorialised。 All our human adventuring was no more than a scuff on the final page; unwarranted， barely noticed。” I couldn't agree more with the main character: this is exactly how I feel every time I read something set in this universe。 No other SF author describes time and space better than Reynolds。 No other makes you choke thinking about the vastness of the universe like he does。 Revelation Space is the most wondrous， bleak， frightening， mind-blowing sci-fi universe ever created。 He says in the foreword that this book can be read as a standalone: it does and it doesn’t。 Yes， it has a beginning and a closure， a timeline of its own and an independent story。 But it also encompasses past and future events （view spoiler）[and characters （hide spoiler）] from the main trilogy， Chasm City and Galactic North。 They are not absolutely necessary to understand this one， but it would be a huge loss not to read them all， because no matter how gripping and mind-blowing are the events， without having in mind the bigger picture， I don’t think one will understand what truly is at stake here， and most certainly will be deprived of the joy discovering all the Easter Eggs。 It has a slow start， but as always， Al Reynolds builds the dread step by step， until it leaves you breathless， keeping the best for the second half of the book。 It almost literally blows your mind toward the end。I don’t think I can say more about it without giving away not-exactly spoilers， but for those who already read the above-mentioned works， it would be best to dive in without any knowledge of what waits ahead – the thrill of discovery would be tenfold not knowing。 That said， I am more than thrilled that I got the chance to read another story in the Revelation Space universe， and I really hope he will write some more。 And here is Al Reynolds’ blog post about this book; it doesn’t contain spoilers， but a Wordcloud teaser and some influences which he used in the story， and here are my guesses， all of them based on the titles: （view spoiler）[Scott Walker - The Old Man`s Back Again Muse - Knights Of Cydonia Ingmar Bergman - Through a Glass Darkly （I wonder if I guessed this one correctly）And of course， the leitmotif， which he does not mention， but you'll see it when you get there: John the Revelator （hide spoiler）]>>> ARC received thanks to Orion Publishing Group / Gollancz via NetGalley <<<------Me happy， happy！ 🥰 。。。more
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