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A Spy in Europa

***A Spy in Europa*** is a short story by Alastair Reynolds, set in his Revelation Space series.

Published in 1997, it was only the second ever published story in what later became Reynolds' long-running Revelation Space series, set in the titular Revelation Space universe. Since its first publishing, it has also appeared in an anthology of Revelation Space short fiction.

## Continuity

In terms of continuity, *A Spy in Europa* has ties to the chronologically later set story *Grafenwalder's Bestiary*, which first appeared and was first published in the *Galactic North* anthology (along with *A Spy in Europa* as one of the earlier chapters).

## Publication history

*A Spy in Europa* was first published in an issue of British science fiction magazine *Interzone*, specifically *Interzone 120* in June 1997.

It later appeared as the third story in the Revelation Space universe short story collection *Galactic North*, first published by Gollancz in 2006.

## Gallery

*A Spy in Europa* - first publication (*Interzone 120*,
 June 1997)*Galactic North* anthology (2006)
- first book publicationEstonian edition of the story, cover art showing the interior of a Europan city

## External links

* *A Spy in Europa* in *Interzone* no. 120, June 1997 (archived readable version of the magazine issue, via Archive.org)
* Official site of the *Galactic North* anthology at Gollancz.co.uk
* Overview of *A Spy in Europa* at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDb.org)
* *A Spy in Europa* (full short story) at InfinityPlus.co.uk
Locations

List of all official locations/landmarks currently in the game. Their locations will NOT be revealed in this, you must find them yourself.

**Locations**

Albedo's Chili FriesBlaze's BarUnderwater CastleClothing StoreClub EchoApture's GamesCefier's Gun ShopKoala LoungeKozan's KandiOld Club EchoPolice StationToshe's PortXh's BarUniverse "Infinitum"
Master Control

Master Control is currently an Admin only feature which allows one to simply say the name of a alien and immediately transform into it, once used, timeout (limiter) or mistransformation is disabled while the mode is on.

By the time Ben 10: Infinity returned in Legacy, Master Control was no longer an admin-only feature, It can now be enabled from the Omnitrix settings.

# Trivia

* Despite the name and function, if you manually prime the Omnitrix to transform there is still a chance for a mistransformation, however this doesn’t not happen in the Legacy version.

**NOTE: Alien X will be unlocked through a method outside of this, Master Control will not be able to access this transformation unless you have taken down the firewall locking transformation 10 prior to or after you gain full control over the Omnitrix/Ultimatrix**
Staff

These are the staff for Ben 10 Infinity. If u see anyone using admin commands that are not any of these people please report them in our discord in #request-help

KozanPink (Owners Girlfriend/Gui Designer)Gyatho\_Quo/BenTennyson1Ok (Scripter & Co-Owner)Msmastersebs090 (Scripter)Xh129 (Animator)gamesop7/Sane (Effects Maker)Apture (Map Builder)Spartainman64 (Map Builder)DudzBlade (Community Manager)AnonBIade (Former Community Manager/Wiki Manager)Zeutral (Senior Admin)CoolTrey0426 (Admin)Cefier (Head Mod)AidRL (Senior Mod)AbsoIuteBIade (Senior Mod)cloudydragon1019 (Ingame & Discord Mod)Evan8911 (Ingame & Discord Mod)tomtom3394 (Ingame & Discord Mod)vone16 (Ingame & Discord Mod)Blaze\_Equin (Ingame Mod)
Bone Silence

***Bone Silence*** is the third novel in the *Revenger* novel trilogy by Alastair Reynolds.

## Publication history

The novel was first published in 2020 by Gollancz.

## Awards

In 2020, *Bone Silence* was nominated for a **Philip K. Dick Award**.

## Gallery

*Bone Silence* (2020) - first publication (Gollancz)*Bone Silence* (2020) - first North American publication (Orbit)
### Foreign editions

*Bone Silence* - Finnish edition by Like Kustannus (2020)
## External links

* Official site of *Bone Silence* at Gollancz.co.uk
* *Bone Silence* article at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
* Reviews (beware of spoilers)
Bad Ben

Hahahahahahahaha

## Appearance

Bad Ben bears a very strong resemblance to Ben Prime, except he has black hair instead of brunette hair, which is natural. He also has mint green-colored eyes, shirt, and an Omnitrix of the same color. Plus his cargo pants are of a darker brown color and his shoes are black instead of green.

## Personality

Technically, Bad Ben's personality is almost the same as Albedo's. He doesn't consider himself a nice guy and says that evil is relative.

Bad Ben enjoys being bad and evil in as many ways as he possibly can; from small things such as intentionally withholding an explanation about the multiple Bens from No Watch Ben to maintain the latter's terror, to bigger things such as sadistically attacking and tormenting the good Bens.

Bad Ben also speaks slower and with a higher vocabulary than Ben Prime. Bad Ben has a twisted sense of humor, as he exclaimed to a crowd of shoppers upon suddenly poking his head out of a wall at them as Ghostfreak, "Clean up on Aisle Ten!"

### Omniverse

Bad Ben first appeared in *And Then There Were None*, where he was among the evil Bens recruited by Eon and Vilgax from across the cosmos and brought to No Watch Timeline to wipe No Watch Ben out. Bad Ben was the first alternate Ben that No Watch Ben encountered. Bad Ben as Ghostfreak chased No Watch Ben through town, but No Watch Ben was saved by Ben Prime. Later, in Los Soledad, Bad Ben was part of the fight between the good and evil Bens, as Gravattack. At the end of the episode, just like all the other Bens, he was erased from spacetime by the Chronosapien Time Bomb.

In *And Then There Was Ben*, Bad Ben was brought back into existence when No Watch Ben used Clockwork to suck the Time Bomb's ripple back in. Later, he was chasing an Omnitrixless Ben Prime as Buzzshock along with Negative Ultimate Echo Echo and Mad Ben. At the end of the episode, Bad Ben was sent back to his own timeline by Clockwork.

## Powers and Abilities

Bad Ben displayed a few fighting skills against No Watch Ben in human form, explicitly stating that he had taken self-defense classes at some point.

### Equipment

Bad Ben has all the powers and abilities inside the Omnitrix.

## Weaknesses

Like other organic beings, Bad Ben been sent back to his original timeline by clockwork/Chronosapien.

## Appearances

### Omniverse

#### Season 5

* *And Then There Were None* (first appearance)
* *And Then There Was Ben (last appereance)*

## Extra Infromation/Trivia

* No backstory was ever written for Bad Ben unlike his other counterparts.
	+ It is unknown what are Bad Ben's food preferences because he is probably not much of a foodie.
	+ Bad Ben's Omnitrix does not have a unique name.
* It is unknown if Bad Ben has Feedback in his Omnitrix.

## Best Quote By Bad Ben

"But then again you are Ben Tennyson, you can do anything I can do, Except this!"
Ben 10: Infinity Wiki

This wiki is no longer being updated, please refer to our discord to see the trello.

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Like Kustannus

Like Kustannus is a Finnish book publisher.

They are a major and traditional publisher of Finnish translations of Alastair Reynolds' works, as part of the *Like Scifi* edition line.

To date, Like Kustannus has published translations of most of Reynolds' novels.

## Works by Reynolds published by Like Kustannus

* Revelation Space series
	+ *Chasm City*
	+ *Revelation Space*
	+ *Redemption Ark*
	+ *Absolution Gap*
	+ *Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days*
	+ *Aurora Rising* (*The Prefect*)
	+ *Elysium Fire*
* Poseidon's Children trilogy
	+ *Blue Remembered Earth*
	+ *On the Steel Breeze*
	+ *Poseidon's Wake*
* 'Revenger' series
	+ *Revenger*
	+ *Shadow Captain*
	+ *Bone Silence*
* Standalone works
	+ *Pushing Ice*
	+ *Terminal World*
	+ *Slow Bullets*
	+ *Permafrost*
	+ *Eversion*
Ultimatrix

*NOTE: IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THIS WATCH YOU MUST FIRST HAVE GOTTEN THE* Prototype Omnitrix (Recalibrated), AND AFTER THAT GET 450 KILL POINTS AND BUY THE POLYMORPHIC CRYSTAL IN THE SHOP (Not Final)

**"Meet.....Ultimate Humungousaur!"**

-*Albedo after showing off the Evolution Feature*

The Ultimatrix is an Omnitrix Core that has been stabilized and modified by Albedo to "surpass" the Original

It functions the same exact way as the Prototype Omnitrix using R to Prime, E and Q to scroll, and T to Transform and Revert.
However it has a feature that makes it more unique compared to the Original, that being the Evolution Feature. By Pressing Z while in an Alien Form that has an Evolved form, when the user taps the Symbol on the chest of the alien (forehead in the case of Cannonbolt), this causes the Ultimatrix symbol to unsheathe four spikes, then the user is consumed the green light and gets a new appearance, passives, and even movesets.

While it functions the same as the Prototype's Original Time Out, it will use a Battery Based system just like its Recalibrated counterpart. As well as being able to detransform and immediately select another alien like the Prototype Omnitrix (Recalibrated). However using the Evolution Feature will drain the battery of the Ultimatrix much faster.

Despite Albedo's claims in *Alien Force* that the Ultimatrix surpasses the Original Prototype, the Ultimatrix tends to have more bugs and errors such as mistransformations being more likely than the Recalibrated Prototype. While it has the same base features of the Omnitrix it lacks the ability to restore DNA and using anything such as swapping forms drains the Energy much faster than the Prototype.

## Available Aliens

* Swampfire
	+ Ultimate Swampfire

* Echo Echo
	+ Ultimate Echo Echo

* Humungousaur
	+ Ultimate Humungousaur

* Jetray

* Big Chill
	+ Ultimate Big Chill

* Chromastone

* Spidermonkey

* Rath
	+ Ultimate Rath

* Lodestar

* Goop

* Brainstorm

* Diamondhead

* Fourarms

* Heatblast

* Cannonbolt
	+ Ultimate Cannonbolt

* Stinkfly

* Wildmutt
	+ Ultimate Wildmutt

* Upgrade
* Ripjaws

SCANNABLE ALIENS

* Upchuck
* WaterHazard
* Terraspin
* Armodrillo
* AmpFibian
* NRG
* Fastttrack
* Eatle
* Chamalien
* Juryrigg
* Nanomech
* Alien X (Will not be obtained via scanning, but through another method)
* Way Big
	+ Ultimate Way Big

## Trivia

You do have to Recalibrate the Prototype Omnitrix to obtain the Ultimatrix.
Belladonna Nights and Other Stories

***Belladonna Nights and Other Stories*** is a newer anthology of short fiction by Alastair Reynolds.

TBA

Among other works by Reynolds, it also contains three newer short stories from the Revelation Space universe:

* *Night Passage* (2017) - previously first published in the anthology *Infinite Stars* (2017)
* *Open and Shut* (2018) - previously first published at the official website of publisher Hachette (parent publisher of the Orion Publishing Group, i.e. of Gollancz and Orbit Books)
* *Plague Music* (2021) - brand new short story, first published in this newer Reynolds anthology

## Publication history

This anthology was first published in 2021 by Subterranean Press.

## Gallery

*Belladonna Nights and Other Stories* (2021) - first publication (Subterranean Press)
Glacial

***Glacial*** is a short story by Alastair Reynolds, set in his Revelation Space series.

Published in March 2001, it was the fifth published story in what became Reynolds' long-running Revelation Space series, set in the titular Revelation Space universe. Since its first publishing, it has also appeared in *Galactic North*, an anthology of Revelation Space short fiction.

## Brief synopsis

Nevil Clavain, Galiana and Felka have arrived with the Conjoiner crew of the first lighthugger, the *Sandra Voi* to the icy planet of Diadem. The planet, with purely invertebrate native life, mostly dwelling in the oceans and glaciers, was home to an early interstellar colony, created by unmanned von Neumann probes. However, the colony's now-adult crew has been found dead, even throughout the main base. Clavain and his friends are forced to gather evidence and get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the colony on Diadem.

*For more detailed information on the plot, characters and themes, please visit the corresponding article at the Revelation Space Wiki.*

## Continuity

After the conclusion of this story, Clavain and his family appear again as characters in the Revelation Space novels *Redemption Ark*, and (to a certain extent) *Absolution Gap*, set several centuries later.

## Publication history

*Glacial* was first published in an issue of *Spectrum SF*, specifically *Spectrum SF 5* in March 2001.

It later appeared as the second story in the Revelation Space universe short story collection *Galactic North*, first published by Gollancz in 2006.

## Gallery

*Spectrum SF* (February 2001)
- first publication*Galactic North* anthology (2006)
- first book publication

## External links

* Official site of the *Galactic North* anthology at Gollancz.co.uk
* Overview of *Glacial* at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDb.org)
Pushing Ice

***Pushing Ice*** is a standalone novel by Alastair Reynolds, first published in October 2005.

## Brief synopsis

The crew of the outer solar system mass driver ship *Rockhopper* are the only ones close enough to pursue and observe a curious phenomenon first spotted from Earth: Janus, a former satellite of Saturn once thought to be an icy moon, has effortlessly broke planetary orbit and is quickly leaving the system. In order to uncover what this apparent alien artifact was doing near Sol, it must be followed. However, the ultimate destination is unknown.

Although a standalone novel, *Pushing Ice* has a plot that potentially sets up a sequel.

## Publication history

*Pushing Ice* was first published by Gollancz on the 27th of October 2005.

This standalone novel had two first editions:

* Pushing Ice (paperback)
* Pushing Ice (hardcover)

## Gallery

*Pushing Ice* - first book publication (Gollancz, 2005)*Pushing Ice* - second North American book publication (Orbit, 2020)

## External links

* Official site of *Pushing Ice* at the Gollanz official website (Gollancz.co.uk)
* Official audiobook, e-book and trade paperback of the novel (published by Orbit) at the Hachette Book Group official website (HachetteBookGroup.com)
* Reviews (beware of spoilers)
	+ *Pushing Ice* review by Rich Horton at SFSite.com Reviews - Featured Review (2006)
	+ *Pushing Ice* review by Mitch Edgeworth at GrubStreetHack.wordpress.com (26 September 2005)
	+ *Pushing Ice* audio review by Luke Burrage at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast (18 June 2013)
	+ *Pushing Ice* review at inverarity.livejournal.com
Grafenwalder's Bestiary

***Grafenwalder's Bestiary*** is a short story by Alastair Reynolds, set in his Revelation Space series.

It first appeared in *Galactic North*, an anthology of Revelation Space short fiction, first published in 2006.

## Publication history

*Grafenwalder's Bestiary* was first published as the sixth story in the Revelation Space universe short story collection *Galactic North*, first published by Gollancz in 2006.

## Gallery

*Galactic North* anthology (2006)
- first publication

## External links

* Official site of the *Galactic North* anthology at Gollancz.co.uk
* Overview of *Grafenwalder's Bestiary* at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDb.org)
Things To Do In Deimos When You're Dead

***Things To Do In Deimos When You're Dead*** is a standalone short story by Alastair Reynolds.

## Publication history

This short story was first published in a 2022 issue of *Asimov's Science Fiction*.

It is one of a small number of stories contributed by Reynolds to the aforementioned magazine, and the first in over twenty years, since *Merlin's Gun* back in a 2000 issue of the magazine.

## Notes

* Likely the longest title of any Reynolds' story to date. It is quite long compared to the typically brief nature of most story titles by Reynolds.

## Gallery

*Things To Do In Deimos When You're Dead* - first publication (*Asimov's Science Fiction*, September-October 2022)

## External links

* *Things To Do In Deimos When You're Dead* announcement article at Alastair Reynolds' blog
The New Space Opera

***The New Space Opera*** is an anthology of shorter fiction - novellas and short stories - by various authors, connected by an overall affinity to the "New Space Opera" wave in fiction, first published in 2007 by Eos. The anthology was edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan and cover art provided by Stephan Martiniere.

The anthology includes Alastair Reynolds' novella, *Minla's Flowers*, the chronologically second in his Merlin series of novellas. *Minla's Flowers* was first published in this anthology, *The New Space Opera*.

The anthology received a sequel in 2009, also published by Eos, titled *The New Space Opera 2*.

### Gallery

*The New Space Opera* (2007)
 - first publication (Eos Books)*The New Space Opera* (2007) trade paperback
 - first publication (Eos Books)
### External links

* *[ The New Space Opera]* at Eos
* *[ The New Space Opera]* article at [ Wikipedia], the Free Encyclopedia
* *[ The New Space Opera]* overview at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB.org)
Detonator

**Detonators** are enemies that appear in the Styxcoin dungeon.

## Appearance

Detonators are bearded skeletons wearing tan overalls and a tattered cowboy hat, with two bundles of Dynamite poking out of their pockets. Like Miners, Detonators may wield Chisel Hammers, Pickaxes, and Sledgehammers, although they may also wield Shovels. When defeated, they always drop a Skull and a bundle of primed Dynamite, which explodes after a few seconds.

## Behavior

### Smash

The Detonator winds up, then performs a swift overhead swing with their weapon. This attack covers a surprising distance and moves the Detonator forward a good amount.

### Triple Smash

The Detonator winds up, then performs 3 overhead swings in quick succession. Each attack moves the Detonator forward a small amount.
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days

*In the Revelation Space universe, anything can happen...*
**Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days** is a collection of two novellas by Alastair Reynolds, set in his Revelation Space universe.

## Brief syynopsis

The first story, "Diamond Dogs", follows an expedition to explore an alien structure on a deserted planet, whilst the second, "Turquoise Days", follows a scientist named Naqi as she studies Pattern Jugglers on the ocean planet Turquoise.

## Gallery

*Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days* (2003) - first edition by Gollancz, first book publication*Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days* - North American edition by Orbit Books (2020)

## External links

* Official article on *Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days* (and other collections) at Alastair Reynolds' website
* Official site of the *Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days* anthology at Gollancz.co.uk
* *Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days* article at Wikipedia
* Overview of *Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days* at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDb.org)
* Reviews
	+ Infinity Plus review (by John Toon) at InfinityPlus.co.uk
	+ *Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days* audio review at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast
Dilation Sleep

***Dilation Sleep*** is a short story by Alastair Reynolds, set in his Revelation Space series.

Published in September 1990, it was the first ever published story in what later became Reynolds' long-running Revelation Space series, set in the titular Revelation Space Universe. Since its first publishing, it has also appeared in an anthology of Revelation Space short fiction.

## Brief synopsis

The short story is set aboard the ramliner lighthugger *Wild Pallas*, with its only principal characters Uri Andrei Sagdev, the Beta-level simulation of his real wife Katia, and an unconscious crew member named Janos.

One of the shortest-ever stories in the Revelation Space series, the story focuses on undertones of individual isolation and feelings of paranoia aboard a lighthugger with a crew in reefersleep, and touches upon the concept of the Melding Plague that would feature frequently in later published works of the series.

*For more detailed information on the plot, characters and themes, please visit the corresponding article at the Revelation Space Wiki.*

## Significance

This short story establishes many setting elements and concepts that would later become a major and iconic part of the overall Revelation Space series: Lighthuggers (here refered to only as "ramliners"), slower-than-light travel, reefersleep, the colony world of Yellowstone, entoptics, simulations of living people, as well as the feared and mysterious Melding Plague that befell Yellowstone. However, though many of the general setting concepts and ideas are already present, many would be fleshed-out more thoroughly in later stories, novellas and novels of the series.

## Publication history

*Dilation Sleep* was first published in an issue of British science fiction magazine *Interzone*, specifically *Interzone 39* in September 1990.

It later appeared as the fifth story in the Revelation Space universe short story collection *Galactic North*, first published by Gollancz in 2006.

## Gallery

*Dilation Sleep* - first publication
 (*Interzone 39*, September 1990)*Galactic North* anthology (2006)
- first book publication

## External links

* Official site of the *Galactic North* anthology at Gollancz.co.uk
* Overview of *Dilation Sleep* at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDb.org)
Century Rain

***Century Rain*** is a standalone novel by Alastair Reynolds, first published in November 2004.

## Publication history

*Century Rain* was first published by Gollancz on the 25th of November 2004.

## Gallery

*Century Rain* - first publication (Gollancz, 2004)*Century Rain* - first North American edition (Ace Books, 2006)*Century Rain* - latest North American edition (Orbit, 2020)

## External links

* Official site of *Century Rain* at Gollancz.co.uk
* Official audiobook, e-book and trade paperback of the novel (published by Orbit) at the Hachette Book Group official website (HachetteBookGroup.com)
* Reviews (beware of spoilers)
	+ *Century Rain* review by Rich Horton at SFSite.com Reviews (2006)
	+ *Century Rain* review by John DeNardo at SFSignal.com (26 September 2005)
	+ *Century Rain* review by "Maddalena" at SpaceAndSorcery.wordpress.com (20 November 2020)
	+ *Century Rain* review by "Jesse" at Speculiction.blogspot.com (15 May 2014)
	+ *Century Rain* audio review by Luke Burrage at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast (21 February 2009)
Night Passage

***Night Passage*** is a short story set in the Revelation Space universe.

## Synopsis

*A crippled ship, a Big Unidentified Thing in deep space, treachery and more.*

The story follows the experiences of Ultranaut captain Rauma Bernsdottir of the lighthugger *Equinoctial*, carrying a group of Conjoiner passengers. The ship runs into an area of space exhibiting the Shroud phenomennon - the first such mysterious area of space encountered by humanity.

## Publication history

It was first published by Titan Books in 2017, as part of an anthology of space opera themed short stories by various anglophone authors, titled *Infinite Stars* (ed Bryan Thomas Schmidt). In 2018, it was also published in that year's anthology annual *The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection*, by St Martins/Griffin (ed Gardner Dozois).   +

The story saw its second publication in 2021, with the release of the newer Alastair Reynolds short fiction anthology *Belladonna Nights and Other Stories*.

## Gallery

*Infinite Stars* anthology (2017)
- first publication (Titan Books)*Belladonna Nights and Other Stories* (2021) - second publication (Subterranean Press)
## References

1. ↑ *The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection* (St Martins/Griffin, ed Gardner Dozois), BestSF.net, 13 August 2018
2. ↑ Brief article on the short story *Night Passage* and its publication in anthologies, BestSF.net, 3 October 2018
3. ↑ *Infinite Stars*, Titan Books, 2017, ed Bryan Thomas Schmidt, TitanBooks.com
4. ↑ *The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection* (St Martins/Griffin, ed Gardner Dozois), BestSF.net, 13 August 2018

## External links

* Official article on *Night Passage* at Alastair Reynolds' website *(noted as a forthcoming release in 2017)*
* Author's blog
	+ *Infinite Stars*  (28 October 2017)
	+ *Gestation Time* (29 October 2017)
	+ *Two things that are new, some stories, and another novel*  (4 December 2017)
* Overview of *Night Passage* at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDb.org)
Machine Vendetta

***Machine Vendetta*** is a 2023 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. A sequel to *Elysium Fire*, it is the eighth novel set in the Revelation Space universe, and the third in the *A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency* spinoff series. It is, in Reynolds' own words, his final return to novels set in the Revelation Space universe "for the foreseeable future".

## Brief synopsis

TBA - will be included once the novel is published

## Gallery

Machine Vendetta.jpgFirst edition cover by Gollancz (2023)Machine Vendetta (Hachette & Orbit edition).jpgFirst edition cover by Hachette and Orbit Books (2023)
*Note: Covers will be added once the novel appears in sale.*

## References

1. ↑ *I've finished a book*, Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (the official blog of Alastair Reynolds), 22 November 2022

## See also

* Revelation Space series
	+ *A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency* sub-series

## External links

* Official article on published novels at Alastair Reynolds' website
* [ Official site of *Machine Vendetta*] at Gollancz.co.uk (TBA)
* [ *Machine Vendetta*] article at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (TBA)
* Author's blog
	+ *I've finished a book* (22 November 2022) - article on concluding the ten-novel contract from the late 2000s, with *Inhibitor Phase* and *Machine Vendetta* the final Revelation Space novels for the foreseeable future
* Reviews (beware of spoilers)
	+ TBA
	+ TBA
	+ TBA
Hideaway

***Hideaway*** is a novella by Alastair Reynolds, set in his Merlin series of short stories and novellas.

## Brief synopsis

Merlin and other refugees find a place to escape to.

## Continuity

In the internal chronology of the Merlin series, *Hideaway* is followed by *Minla's Flowers*, then *The Iron Tactician* and concluding with *Merlin's Gun*.

## Publication history

First published in *Interzone* no. 157 in July 2000 (edited by David Pringle), *Hideaway* is the chronologically first story in the Merlin series.

It features the chronologically first appearance of Merlin and his ship *Tyrant*. When written and published, it served as a prequel to the earlier *Merlin's Gun*.

## Gallery

*Hideaway* - first publication
 (*Interzone 157*, July 2000)*Zima Blue and Other Stories*
 (2006) - first book publication (Night Shade Books)*Zima Blue and Other Stories*
 (2009) - second book publication (Gollancz)
## External links

* *Hideaway* in *Interzone* no. 157, July 2000 (archived readable version of the magazine issue, via Archive.org)
Blue Remembered Earth

***Blue Remembered Earth*** is the first novel in the *Poseidon's Children* novel trilogy by Alastair Reynolds.

## Brief synopsis

The novel introduces us to the Akinya family (siblings Geoffrey Akinya and Sunday Akinya are the characters the narrative perspective follows, with matriarch Eunice Akinya as the center of intrigue) and their solar-system-spanning space empire, the managers of which (twins Hector Akinya and Lucas Akinya, cousins to Geoffrey and Sunday) which is seeking to wrap up loose ends following the death of the empire's founder, Eunice.

## Publication history

The novel was first published in 2012 by Gollancz.

## Awards

In 2013, *Blue Remembered Earth* was nominated for a **John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel**.

## Gallery

Blue Remembered Earth.jpg*Blue Remembered Earth* (2012) - first publication (Gollancz)*Blue Remembered Earth* - later edition (Gollancz)
## External links

* Official site of *Blue Remembered Earth* at Gollancz.co.uk
* *Blue Remembered Earth* article at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
* Reviews (beware of spoilers)
	+ *Blue Remembered Earth* audio review at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast (3 March 2012)
Union World

**Union World** is an unpublished novel by Alastair Reynolds; according to http://alastairreynolds.com/about/formative-years it was his first novel, and he has no plans to publish it.

> It started off being influenced by prevalent media SF of the time such as Battlestar Galactica and the early Star Wars films, but by the time I finished it (endless painful rewrites later) it owed a more obvious debt to written SF such as the Known Space stories of Larry Niven.
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It had an also-unpublished sequel, Dominant Species. Reynolds contrasts the style of their shared universe with that of the subsequent Revelation Space universe:

> I was dissatisfied with many of the underlying assumptions of the universe and decided my next book would be proper serious hard SF with no faster-than-light, tractor beams etc. There would be no cosy aliens with similar technologies to our own.
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Dominant Species

**Dominant Species** is an unpublished novel by Alastair Reynolds and a sequel to the also-unpublished Union World; according to http://alastairreynolds.com/about/formative-years it was his second novel after *Union World*, and he has no plans to publish it.

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> [*Dominant Species* was] a much better book [than *Union World*] – in my opinion – and this time my influences were Pohl, Benford and Joe Haldeman. I even went to the extent of making my own “faked” documents to include in the book, in the style of Haldeman’s *Mindbridge*.
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Reynolds contrasts the style of their shared universe with that of the subsequent Revelation Space universe:

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Beyond the Aquila Rift

***Beyond the Aquila Rift*** is a standalone novella by Alastair Reynolds.

First published in 2005, it has appeared in three different anthologies, including two anthologies of Reynolds' short fiction.

## Publication history

*Beyond the Aquila Rift* was first published in the thematic science fiction anthology *Constellations*, edited by Peter Crowther.

It later appeared as a story in the Alastair Reynolds miscellaneous short fiction anthologoes *Zima Blue and Other Stories*, first published by Night Shade Books in 2006 and in an expanded edition by Gollancz in 2009. and in the eponymous *Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds*, first published in 2016.

## Gallery

*Constellations* (2005) - first book publication (DAW Books)*Zima Blue and Other Stories* (2006) - second book publication (Night Shade Books)*Zima Blue and Other Stories* (2009) - third book publication (Gollancz)*Beyond the Aquila Rift* (2016) - fourth publication (Subterranean Press)*Beyond the Aquila Rift* (2016, 2017) - fifth publication (Gollancz)

## External links

* Official site of the *Beyond the Aquila Rift* anthology at Gollancz.co.uk
Deep Navigation

***Deep Navigation*** is a collection of short stories by Alastair Reynolds. It was published in February 2010 for the 47th annual Boskone Science Fiction Convention where Reynolds was the Guest of Honour.

All the stories published in this anthology had been published previously, but several of them had been out of print for several years, including his first ever published story "Nunivak Snowflakes". "Monkey Suit" is the only short story in the collection that's set in the Revelation Space universe.

## Contents

* Introduction by Stephen Baxter
* "Nunivak Snowflakes"
* "Monkey Suit"
* "The Fixation"
* "Feeling Rejected"
* "Fury"
* "Stroboscopic"
* "The Receivers"
* "Byrd Land Six"
* "The Star Surgeon's Apprentice"
* "On the Oodnadatta"
* "Fresco"
* "Viper"
* "Soirée"
* "The Sledge-Maker's Daughter"
* "Tiger, Burning"

## Notes

* Cover art by John Picacio, with cover design by Alice N. S. Lewis.

## See also

* Standalone short stories
* Standalone novellas
* Revelation Space series

## External links

* Official article on *Deep Navigation* (and other collections) at Alastair Reynolds' website
* *Deep Navigation* anthology (official New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) Press website)
* *Deep Navigation* article at Wikipedia
* Author's blog
	+ *Deep Navigation* (16 February 2010)
Nightingale

***Nightingale*** is a short story by Alastair Reynolds, set in his Revelation Space series.

It first appeared in *Galactic North*, an anthology of Revelation Space short fiction, first published in 2006.

## Publication history

*Nightingale* was first published as the seventh story in the Revelation Space universe short story collection *Galactic North*, first published by Gollancz in 2006.

## Gallery

*Galactic North* anthology (2006)
- first publication

## External links

* Official site of the *Galactic North* anthology at Gollancz.co.uk
* Overview of *Nightingale* at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDb.org)
Galactic North

***Galactic North*** is a collection of short stories by the science fiction author Alastair Reynolds. It comprises most of Reynolds' short stories and novellas set in the Revelation Space universe.

## Stories

* "Great Wall of Mars"
* "Glacial"
* "A Spy in Europa"
* "Weather"
* "Dilation Sleep"
* "Grafenwalder's Bestiary"
* "Nightingale"
* "Galactic North"

Reynolds states in the afterword to the collection that the stories are set in rough chronological order, with *Great Wall of Mars* occurring around AD 2200, whilst *Galactic North* extends to AD 40 000.

## Gallery

*Galactic North* (2006) - first edition by Gollancz, first book publication*Galactic North* - North American edition by Orbit Books (2020)

## External links

* Official article on *Galactic North* (and other collections) at Alastair Reynolds' website
* Official site of *Galactic North* at Gollancz.co.uk
* *Galactic North* article at Wikipedia
Inhibitor Phase

**Inhibitor Phase** is the fourth and most recent novel in the Inhibitor Cycle, the main narrative sequence in the Revelation Space universe.

## Prior to release

An 18 page excerpt was included with the trade paperback of *Bone Silence*.

The book's completion was announced by Alastair Reynolds on his blog, October 8, 2020: https://approachingpavonis.blogspot.com/2020/10/ive-delivered-book.html

The word count is 170,000 (Reynolds contrasts it to Absolution Gap's 275,000 words).

Included in the blog post is a teaser word cloud, with some words too small to be visible.
U.K. publisher Gollancz revealed the British cover of the novel on the April 15th, 2021, and released the novel on August 26th, 2021. U.S. publisher Orbit revealed the North American cover on November 19th 2020 and targeted a publication date of July 27th, 2021, but actually released the novel on October 12th, 2021.

## Gallery

The first-edition British cover of *Inhibitor Phase*, revealed in April 2021. Design by Blacksheep. British first edition by GollanczThe first-edition U.S. cover of *Inhibitor Phase*, revealed November 2020. Design by Lauren Panepinto. North American first edition by Orbit Books.
### Video interviews

Alastair Reynolds introduces Inhibitor Phase!Video interview with Alastair Reynolds on the release of *Inhibitor Phase*
## External links

* Official article on published novels at Alastair Reynolds' website
* Official site of *Inhibitor Phase* at Gollancz.co.uk
* *Inhibitor Phase* article at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
* Author's blog
	+ *Inhibitor Phase out in the world* (24 August 2021) - announcement article for the new novel *Inhibitor Phase*
	+ *Audible edition of Inhibitor Phase* (1 September 2021) - article addressing an issue with the audiobook release of the novel, at least at that time
	+ *Inhibitor Phase chapter six/seven* (1 September 2021) - follow-up article to the one on the audiobook issue
	+ *I've finished a book* (22 November 2022) - article on concluding the ten-novel contract from the late 2000s, with *Inhibitor Phase* and *Machine Vendetta* the final Revelation Space novels for the foreseeable future
* Reviews (beware of spoilers)
	+ *Inhibitor Phase* review (by Ben Jeapes) at BSFA.co.uk
	+ *Inhibitor Phase* audio review at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast (21 November 2021)
	+ *Inhibitor Phase* review by Russell Letson at LocusMag.com (25 October 2021)
	+ *Inhibitor Phase* review at the A Sky of Books and Movies blog
Alastair Reynolds Wiki

**Welcome to the Alastair Reynolds Wiki**
This wiki is dedicated to the works of Welsh science fiction writer
 Alastair Reynolds.
It provides overviews of both short fiction and long-form fiction by Reynolds, including standalone works of fiction (short stories, novellas, novels) and works of fiction (short stories, novellas, novels) set in one of Reynolds' particular series (the Revelation Space universe, House of Suns universe, the universe of the Poseidon's Children trilogy, the Merlin story series, the Revenger series' universe, etc.).

This wiki currently contains 147 articles, created since its founding in September 2020.

To read about Alastair Reynolds' fiction set in the *Revelation Space* series, specifically and in greater detail, please visit our sister project,
 the Revelation Space Wiki.
Elysium Fire

***Elysium Fire*** is a 2018 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. A sequel to *Aurora Rising*, it is the sixth novel set in the Revelation Space universe, and the second in the *A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency* spinoff series. It marks Reynolds' first major return to the Revelation Space universe after a decade-long gap.

## Prequel short story

A brief short story - *Open and Shut* - that acts as a prequel to the novel (or a midquel between it and the previous novel) was published on the Gollancz website in early 2018, prior to the novels date of publication.

## Gallery

First edition cover by Gollancz (2018)First edition cover by Hachette and Orbit Books (2018)
## References

1. ↑ *Alastair Reynolds on Returning to Revelation Space in Elysium Fire*, interview by Ross Johnson, Barnes and Noble.com, 12 February 2018 *(archived link)*
2. ↑ *Elysium Fire and a new title for The Prefect*, Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (the official blog of Alastair Reynolds), 25 July 2017

## See also

* Revelation Space series
	+ *A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency* sub-series

## External links

* Official site of *Elysium Fire* at Gollancz.co.uk
* Official site of *Elysium Fire* at Hachettebookgroup.com
* *Elysium Fire* article at Wikipedia
* Extracts
	+ The prologue and first chapter of *Elysium Fire*
	+ The second chapter of *Elysium Fire*
* Author's blog
	+ *New one in* (23 March 2017)
* Reviews
	+ *Elysium Fire* audio review at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast (5 February 2018)
House of Suns

A single novel in the 'House of Suns' universe, by Alastair Reynolds.

*Article in development.*

## Gallery

*House of Suns* (2008) - first edition, first publication, by GollanczLater editions by Gollancz - trade paperback variant covers et al (2009 and later)Later editions by Gollancz - trade paperback variant covers et al (2009 and later)First North American edition by Ace Books (2009 and later)
### Foreign editions

Finnish edition by Like Kustannus (Like Publishing, 2012-present)
Ekku

**Ekku** is a human local to Port Nyanzaru, possibly of noble birth. She is somewhat wealthy, though her wealth does not stem from trade with foreigners, as with most others. Indeed, she dislikes foreigners, viewing them as little more then thieves come to take her peoples treasures.

She is held in high regard by other locals for her great knowledge, and is seen as one of the most knowledgeable about the locals gods within the city.
On the Steel Breeze

***On the Steel Breeze*** is the second novel in the *Poseidon's Children* novel trilogy by Alastair Reynolds.

## Publication history

The novel was first published in 2013 by Gollancz.

## Gallery

On the Steel Breeze.jpg*On the Steel Breeze* (2013) - first publication (Gollancz)
## External links

* Official site of *On the Steel Breeze* at Gollancz.co.uk
* *On the Steel Breeze* article at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
* Reviews (beware of spoilers)
	+ *On the Steel Breeze* audio review at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast (15 January 2014)
Revenger

***Revenger*** is the first novel in the *Revenger* novel trilogy by Alastair Reynolds.

## Publication history

The novel was first published in 2016 by Gollancz.

## Awards

In 2017, *Revenger* received the **Locus Award** in the **Best Young Adult Book** category.

## Gallery

*Revenger* (2016) - first publication (Gollancz)*Revenger* (2016) - first North American publication (Orbit)
### Foreign editions

*Revenger* - Finnish edition by Like Kustannus (2017)
## External links

* Official site of *Revenger* at Gollancz.co.uk
* *Revenger*
* *Revenger* article at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
* Reviews (beware of spoilers)
	+ *Revenger* audio review at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast (28 March 2019)
Terminal World

***Terminal World*** is a standalone novel by Alastair Reynolds, first published in 2010.

## Gallery

*Terminal World* - first publication (Gollancz, 2010)*Terminal World* - latest North American edition (Orbit, 2021)

## External links

* Official site of *Century Rain* at the Gollanz official website (Gollancz.co.uk)
* Official audiobook, e-book and trade paperback of the novel (published by Orbit) at the Hachette Book Group official website (HachetteBookGroup.com)
* Reviews (beware of spoilers)
	+ *[ Terminal World]* review by at (20)
	+ *[ Terminal World]* review by at (20)
	+ *Terminal World* audio review by Luke Burrage at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast (25 July 2011)
	+ *[ Terminal World]* review at
Asimov's Science Fiction

***Asimov's Science Fiction*** is a long-running American magazine of science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction in general, published since 1977. In its first fifteen years, it was known as *Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine*. Isaac Asimov lent the magazine his name and collaborated with it until his passing in 1992, though only as an editorial director. The periodicity of the magazine has varied over the decades, with the current format (since January 2017) being a bimonthly magazine, with six issues each year.

To date, Alastair Reynolds has published his new short fiction in *Asimov's Science Fiction* only on a very infrequent basis, with just two stories published in the magazine, with a gap of over twenty years between the two. These stories are *Merlin's Gun*, first published in a 2000 issue of the magazine, and the entirely standalone Things To Do In Deimos When You're Dead*, first published in a 2022 issue of the magazine.*

## Alastair Reynolds' short fiction published in *Asimov's Science Fiction*

* *Merlin's Gun* (2000) - *Asimov's Science Fiction* issue (May 2000) - the first-written (albeit chronologically last) story in the subsequently developed 'Merlin' series
* *Things To Do In Deimos When You're Dead* (2022) - *Asimov's Science Fiction* issue (2022) - a standalone short story

## External links

* *Asimov's Science Fiction* official website
* *Asimov's Science Fiction* article at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Chasm City (novel)

***Chasm City*** is a 2001 novel by author Alastair Reynolds, set in the Revelation Space universe and standalone within the Revelation Space series. It deals with themes of identity, memory, and immortality, and many of its scenes are concerned primarily with describing the unusual societal and physical structure of the titular city, a major nexus of Reynolds's universe. It won the 2002 British Science Fiction Association award.

## Synopsis

*Chasm City* is framed and largely written in the voice of Tanner Mirabel, a security expert who has come to Chasm City to avenge the death of his former client's wife at the hands of a "postmortal" noble named Argent Reivich.

Tanner arrives to find that Yellowstone, the most advanced civilization in human history, has descended into squalor; an alien nanotech virus known as the Melding Plague has wreaked havoc throughout the system. Chasm City, a dense forest of mile-high shapeshifting skyscrapers, has melted into a slum. The Glitter Band, a sparkling diorama of ten thousand orbital habitats, has been reduced to a "Rust Belt" of a few hundred survivors, mostly primitive and pre-nanotech antiques.

In this chaos of plague and desolation, Tanner seeks his prey, only to discover that Reivich is more clever than he originally thought. In the midst of his hunt, he begins experiencing virus-induced flashbacks from the life of Sky Haussmann, the founder of his home world Sky's Edge, who is both revered and reviled for the crimes he committed for his people.

From the depths of the gas plume at the heart of Chasm City, to the aristocratic canopy spanning what remains of the skyscrapers, Mirabel begins to unravel the mystery of the Melding Plague.

## Gallery

*Chasm City* (2001) - first edition by Gollancz, first book publication*Chasm City* - North American edition by Orbit Books (2020)

## External links

* Official site of *Chasm City* at Gollancz.co.uk
* Official article on *Chasm City* at Alastair Reynolds' website
* *Chasm City* article at Wikipedia
* Extracts
	+ Extract from the novel at InfinityPlus.co.uk
* Reviews
	+ Infinity Plus review (by Nick Gevers) at InfinityPlus.co.uk
	+ *Chasm City* audio review at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast
Feeling Rejected

***Feeling Rejected*** is a standalone short story by Alastair Reynolds.

## Gallery

*Deep Navigation* (2010) - first book publication (NESFA Press)

## External links

* *Feeling Rejected* at Nature.com magazine (also archived here, via the WaybackMachine of Archive.org)
* Overview of *Feeling Rejected* at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDb.org)