Reynolds' pursuit of truth is not limited to wide-angle star smashing - not that stars don't get pulverised when one character is gifted (or cursed) with an awful weapon by the legendary Merlin. Reynolds' protagonists find themselves in situations of betrayal, whether by a loved one's accidental death, as in 'Signal to Noise', or by a trusted wartime authority, in 'Spirey and the Queen'. His fertile imagination can resurrect Elton John on Mars in 'Understanding Space and Time' or make prophets of the human condition out of pool-cleaning robots in the title story. But overall, the stories in ZIMA BLUE represent a more optimistic take on humanity's future, a view that says there may be wars, there may be catastrophes and cosmic errors, but something human will still survive.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Orion Publishing Group
ISBN-13
9780575084056
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87297134
Product Key Features
Book Title
Zima Blue
Author
Alastair Reynolds
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2009
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
240mm
Item Width
159mm
Item Weight
670g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Alastair Reynolds
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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