- Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New Ed edition (12 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575078154
- ISBN-13: 978-0575078154
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 13 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 334,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Hard SF doesn't come much harder. Classic Reynolds." (Jon Courtenay Grimwood THE GUARDIAN )
"Welding hard SF scenarios to deft characterisation, to create a wholly convincing vision. Arthur C Clarke in his prime couldn't have done a better job." (Jonathan Wright SFX )
"As usual in an Alastair Reynolds book there are big ideas here, played out but not belaboured. A strong tale." (Anthony Brown STARBURST )
"Pushing Ice is an excellent stage on which to investigate more rounded characters. Reynolds has a firm grasp of the wider opportunities of the genre." (EDGE ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Welding hard SF scenarios to deft characterisation, to create a wholly convincing vision. Arthur C Clarke in his prime couldn't have done a better job." (Jonathan Wright SFX )
"As usual in an Alastair Reynolds book there are big ideas here, played out but not belaboured. A strong tale." (Anthony Brown STARBURST )
"Pushing Ice is an excellent stage on which to investigate more rounded characters. Reynolds has a firm grasp of the wider opportunities of the genre." (EDGE ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Anthony Brown, STARBURST
"As usual in an Alastair Reynolds book there are big ideas here, played out but not belaboured. A strong tale."
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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Pushing Ice isn't perfect, but it doesn't deserve some of the very negative reviews it has received (one talks about FTL travel which doesn't appear anywhere in the novel other than as speculation during conversation - so they haven't read it that carefully).
This is a novel of big ideas occurring over cosmic timescales. For me it successfully evoked the helplessness that would be experienced by humans when they are caught up in events they are unable to control and can only struggle to understand. The story manages to throw up plenty of revelations and plot twists - some expected, some not - whilst throwing up interesting questions on the ultimate futility of any human (or alien) endeavour. Yes, some of the characters are underdeveloped (Wang being a very significant one for me), but there is a driving energy behind the story that is maintained until the final page and that compensates for any shortcomings. Alastair Reynolds set the bar very high with his early works and whilst this is not quite the equal of them I feel that it is a stronger book than Century Rain and I'm already looking forward to seeing what he comes up with next.
Read it and enjoy it, but try not to worry too much about the ultimate futility of doing so.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Reynolds succeeds in creating a storyline that pulls you along - you do want to know what happens next. True, there are gaping holes in the plot and the characters lack realism or depth but you always believe that there is something about to happen around the corner and in this he does not disappoint. I didn't think much of some of the aliens, though - or their silly spaceship. The plot ends in such a way there is plenty of room for a sequel.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
** Slight spoilers **
If you haven't read Reynolds before, start with one of his other novels. If you are a bit of a completist like me, then give it a go. The novel is very good, without reservation, up until the exiling. I fast-forwarded through the character problem bits after that, but I wouldn't recommend actually skipping chapters, as there are still a lot of good ideas to be found in it. I wouldn't be averse to a sequel, as the character problems are moot by the book's end, and the universe of the book is well worth further exploration.
If you haven't read Reynolds before, start with one of his other novels. If you are a bit of a completist like me, then give it a go. The novel is very good, without reservation, up until the exiling. I fast-forwarded through the character problem bits after that, but I wouldn't recommend actually skipping chapters, as there are still a lot of good ideas to be found in it. I wouldn't be averse to a sequel, as the character problems are moot by the book's end, and the universe of the book is well worth further exploration.
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GREAT book but needs a sequel.
Had some common cold last week and few evenings to kill. This book really allowed me to be transferred out of (temporarily) miserable existence into really captivating story. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. Ireneusz Zielinski
Pushing, Pushing Ice.
I'm not going to add a long opinion about this book as i dont have much to say. It's amongst my favourite science fiction stories, it's epic, it's got interesting characters and a... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Andrew Swingler
An anomalous moon and sanctimonious women
Pushing Ice being my 9th Alastair Reynolds novel (excluding the already read Zima Blue and Galactic North story collections), you could say I'm kind of experienced when it comes to... Read more
Published 7 months ago by M-I-K-E 2theD
Not his best, but still a good read.
This is the fourth Alastair Reynolds book that I have read. I havent read many Sci Fi books but I am a avid reader. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Scott
Not a Revelation, but a fine story nonetheless.
Like `House of Suns', this book is not set in the immersive universe of the Revelation series. With the initial claustrophobic ship based chapters, Reynolds has recaptured some of... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Willy Eckerslike
need my sequal fix
dear fellow readers, whilst there have been some moderately negative reviews put out over the years since this was first published I really did enjoy this book. Read more
Published 20 months ago by uk bob
Classic Alastair Reynolds
Book is well written and interesting enough to keep you reading it. If you have read any other books from the same author and liked them, you will not be disappointed. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2010 by Jalepe
Big concept, epic scale ... classic Reynolds
Pushing Ice covers two main themes: Firstly, the separation from home - from the familiar and being confronted with the utterly alien; secondly, friendship - between two strong... Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2010 by A M Kyte
I hated it but maybe you'll like it
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Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous With Rama" meets "2001" meets the atmosphere of "Battlestar Galactica" (the new one) meets the blue collar workers in space from "Outland" meets... Read more
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