Chasm City: Alastair Reynolds

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The adventures of tougher-than-nails quick-witted gun-for-hire Tanner Mirabel set against the technological and biological wonders of interstellar space of the distant 25th century are truly original and amazing.

I'm sure some very important information was missed out on a body scan too - won't say anymore, just look out for it. Scenes of Tanner's murderous quest alternate with scenes of Sky's life, which Tanner sees whenever he nods off. Chasm City is a book of deliberate hyperbole in which Reynolds showcases some of the worst of what humanity has to offer, filled with extreme examples and nasty caricatures that rise to the level of wry satire and sardonic cheese. So I figured it was worth going back and actually finishing the Revelation Space trilogy – which I’ll still do, even though it turns out his second novel Chasm City is set in the same universe but is actually a stand-alone story taking place centuries beforehand.

pages, Reynolds does not waste time, and there is very little extreaneous material to be found here. One of the main characters contracts this virus, which implants the memories of a revered historical figure, thereby revealing key historical facts. Alastair Reynolds’ books, I think – certainly the Revelation Space universe – have fantastic vibes; a science fiction approach to the aesthetics of gothic horror that I haven’t seen done this well since twenty years prior in the film Alien. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

Reynolds has written some really good stuff, but for this reader Chasm City is his dark and atmospheric crown, the high water mark of a deep and rewarding body of work. i can understand why it’s rated highly, because it eventually presents a compelling mystery with interesting reveals that get a great set-up throughout the story.Much of the story is an epic chase in which Tanner gets into one dangerous situation after another as he tries to find and kill Reivich. independant island in and of itself, regardless (or in spite) of the fact that they are headed to the same destination. I'm going to have to give it a five - the book kept me going, it was something to look forward to late at night during a couple of weeks of excessive DIYing! and yet somehow no one is mentioning how often this trope pops up in Classic Sci-Fi™ for middle-aged, gruff men and frankly, it’s embarrassing. My favorite lifeforms are the hamadryads, snake-like creatures who grow to hundreds of meters in length.

Instead, it was about a conflicted and very broken man slowly rediscovering his identity and realizing how little he understands about himself. Tanner¿s pursuit of Reivich takes him across light-years of space to Chasm City, the domed human settlement on the otherwise inhospitable planet of Yellowstone. Gone are the simple plots and tropes of your typical TV sci-fi, there is crazyness and creativity at every turn within these pages. He begins as an ambitious but sympathetic young man, but through various events he starts to make decisions that take him to the dark side, as he morphs into a power-hungry individual who seeks to take over the starships and destroy his rivals.

Cahuella learns that Reivich means to kill him, so the arms dealer and his security chief go on alert and prepare for the attack. the second storyline is in the past, following sky haussmann, a crewmember on a colonizer ship who helped establish the world that mirabel is running around in.