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There are similarities between historical novels and science fiction. Being thrown into the Napoleonic Wars is just as much of a different world as space.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Being Between Different Different World Fiction Historical Just Just As Much Much Novels Science Science Fiction Similarities Space Thrown Wars World

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In crime, I like Ian Rankin and James Lee Burke. As for historical books, I enjoy Bernard Cornwell, Patrick O'Brien, and C. S. Forester - anything with battleships!

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Anything Bernard Books Crime Enjoy Historical James Lee Like

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Like everyone else, I read newspapers and 'New Scientist' and try to put my finger on the trends which we can just see emerging now that are accelerating and might take off.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Accelerate Else Emerging Everyone Everyone Else Finger Just Like Might New Newspapers Now Off Put Read Scientist See Take Trends Try Which

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I come at it from a different angle of attack with each novel, searching for the technological texture the story demands. There isn't a recipe; it's more of an instinct.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Angle Attack Come Demands Different Each Instinct More Novel Recipe Searching Story Technological Texture

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Sitting here at the beginning of the 21st century, we're only 200 years into the industrial revolution. We don't have an enormous dataset to draw on, so whatever shaped curve we're on, we're only at the beginning of it.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Beginning Century Curve Draw Enormous Here Industrial Industrial Revolution Only Revolution Shaped Sitting Whatever Years 21St Century

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You have to be able to invest in your own creations, to suspend your own disbelief in order to be able to write them. We all have to draw the line somewhere.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Able Creations Disbelief Draw Invest Line Order Own Somewhere Suspend Them Write You Your

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What works for me is simply to read a lot of stuff throughout the year - not with a particular story or theme in mind, but just because you never know what might be useful or interesting in the long run. I much prefer to just absorb a lot of stuff and let the old unconscious chew down on it over time.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Absorb Because Chew Down Interesting Just Just Because Know Long Long Run Lot Me Might Mind Much Never Old Over Particular Prefer Read Run Simply Story Stuff Theme Throughout Time Unconscious Useful Works Year You

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There is so little SF drawn from modern scientific thinking, in any discipline, that I'm much more cheered by the successes than the failures, most of which are forgivable.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Any Discipline Drawn Failures Little Modern More Most Much Scientific Successes Than Thinking Which Sf

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There is enough material in the Kuiper Belt to build anything out there. We could gobble up all the little asteroids, filtering out all the volatile materials, leaving us with bits of rock and using that to make some incredible structures.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Anything Belt Bits Build Could Enough Filtering Incredible Leaving Little Make Material Materials Out Rock Some Structures Up Us Using Volatile

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Dreams of warp drives and hyperspace are just that - dreams.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Dreams Drives Just Warp

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: March 13th, 1966

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