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10174366 No.10174366 [Reply] [Original]

Am I the only fucking person on this site who has read this trilogy all the way through?

>> No.10174424

Is it any good? I started OP pic related and dropped it twice because it was really dense. Worth trying again?

>> No.10174614

the first book sucked so I didn't read the other two

>> No.10175762

>>10174366

Read them all. Probably my favorite sci-fi series.
Chasm City was my favorite of the series.

>> No.10175834
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10175834

>>10174366
About to read this one.
Is it related?

>> No.10175836

>>10174366
>>10175762
explain the appeal

>> No.10175854

>>10174424
Worth trying again if you can find the second and third books
Just reading Revelation Space is a good way to get confused
Chasm City as a standalone book is worth reading, if you like that go for RS
>>10174614
The second and third books are amazing, first book didn't really click for me till I went back and read it.
>>10175834
I listened to the DD/TD audiobook and got stopped paying attention at some point, so I just couldn't follow it anymore and dropped it. DD is a good story.
>>10175836
Alastair Reynolds has some of the best prose in SF

>> No.10175863

>>10175854
>went back and read it
went back and reread it 3/4 of a decade after reading it for the first time*
It took me a long fucking time to find a copy of Redemption Ark

>> No.10176079

>>10175854
>Alastair Reynolds has some of the best prose in SF
i was honestly not impressed
is he only impressive for people who dont read lots of literary fiction normally? "best prose in sci fi" isn't a super high bar outside of a handful of outliers like wolfe or le guin, etc.

>> No.10176229

>>10174366
Loved it, read all three. And Chasm City, The Prefect

>> No.10176660

>>10176079
How is SF not literary?

>> No.10177612

>>10175863
>It took me a long fucking time to find a copy of Redemption Ark
that's why I stopped reading physical books. I have almost 600 GB worth of SFF e-books, triple backed up on various drives, including everything by Alastair Reynolds. I'm done searching for some rare antiquarian, used second hand stuff.