He considered calling it the ' Exordium universe' after a key plot device, but found that the name was already in use. The name " Revelation Space universe" has been used by Alastair Reynolds in both the introductory text in the collections Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days and Galactic North, and also on several editions of the novels set in the universe. Reynolds has said he prefers to keep the science in his fiction plausible, but he will adopt science he believes to be impossible when it is necessary for the story.
It is, nonetheless, somewhat "harder" than most examples of space opera, relying to a considerable extent on science Reynolds believes to be possible in particular, faster-than-light travel is largely absent. The Revelation Space universe is a fictional universe which was set in a future version of our world, with the addition of a number of extraterrestrial species and advanced technologies that are not necessarily grounded in current science. It takes its name from Revelation Space (2000), which was the first published novel set in the universe. Its fictional history follows the human species through various conflicts from the relatively near future (roughly 2200) to approximately 40,000 AD (all the novels to date are set between 24, although certain stories extend beyond this period). The fictional universe it is set in is used as the setting for a number of his novels and stories. The Revelation Space series is a book series created by Alastair Reynolds that debuted with the novel Revelation Space in 2000. Fictional universe created by Alastair Reynolds If any of them are to survive, then he will have to take the exploration – and their lives – into his own hands. Shaking off his nightmares, Doctor Silas Coade joins his fellow exploders on the deck of the zeppelin Demeter and realises something has already gone dangerously wrong with their mission. But as they come in sight of their prize he and the crew see they are not the first to come so far: there is a wreck ahead, and whatever ruined it may threaten them as well– It’s a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as they’re sailing north of Bergen on the schooner Demeter, searching for a narrow inlet which will lead them to a vast uncharted lake – and their goal -ĭoctor Silas Coade wakes from disturbing dreams, on the steamship Demeter, in pursuit of an extraordinary find almost too incredible and too strange to believe, secreted within a lagoon in the icy inlets of Patagonia.
A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. Eversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel.
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