There’s nothing like a stupid, accidental death to remind you of the supreme futility of everything.
Alastair Reynolds Quotes
born 1966 United Kingdom
Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a British science fiction author.
- United Kingdom
- Novelists
- Science fiction authors
- Short story writers
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Deep Navigation (2010)
You are that rarest of creatures: a man with the wisdom to see beyond his own time.
The Prefect (2007)
Truth is truth, no matter who else believes it.
Troika (2010)
I’ll argue to the death against stupid legislation, but some rules exist for a reason.
On the Steel Breeze (2013)
Pushing Ice (2005)
Poseidon's Wake (2015)
I can’t stop being a rationalist just because it upsets some people.
Poseidon's Wake (2015)
In its purest distillation beauty had always been merciless.
Belladonna Nights and Other Stories (2021)
No act of knowledge acquisition is entirely without risk.
House of Suns (2008)
Even time travel becomes normal when it’s your day job.
Permafrost (2019)
It’s always easier to hate than to forgive, isn’t it?
Pushing Ice (2005)
Redemption Ark (2002)
Redemption Ark (2002)
The poor didn’t have them and so the rich flaunted them, the larger and more conspicuous the better.
Chasm City (2001)
Humanity is an assemblage of information-processing entities, and in that regard you have potential.
On the Steel Breeze (2013)
All machines knew what would happen to them when their masters lost faith in their infallibility.
Absolution Gap (2003)
Such hopes now seemed ludicrous in their naivety, like trying to stop a bulldozer with a feather.
Pushing Ice (2005)
Chasm City (2001)
I guess I’ll do what everyone else does: get on with my life and forget the big questions.
Century Rain (2004)
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alastair Reynolds (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.