We live in a science fictional world with things like cloning and face transplants, and things seem to be getting stranger and stranger. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
A lot of science fiction is very accessible and very readable, but a lot of people are justifiably put off by the covers of spaceships – though that never put me off. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
I despair of reality television, but I’ve never met anyone who watches it. Or people say, ‘I watch it, but I hate it.’ I’ve never met anyone who loves it. It’s like, it’s there, and we have to accept it. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
I’ve always loved far future SF, so it was more or less a given that I would one day want to write in that form. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
My mother was a part of a reading group, but they would never come near science fiction because they think it’s not for them. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
It’s a novel experience to have one of my books read by a reading group. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
For me, the distant future and far-off galaxies is where it’s at. That’s where my imagination can really come out to play. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
I think the danger with using the term ‘trilogy’ is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader’s mind. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D. and eventual employment. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
I’m fascinated by steam engines and with Victorian engineering generally, and as a corollary to that, I’m fascinated by the idea of long-lived technologies. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
