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Pushing Ice (Gollancz S.F.) (Hardcover)

by Alastair Reynolds (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 460 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (27 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575074388
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575074385
  • Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 17.6 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 250,646 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood, THE GUARDIAN

"Hard SF doesn't come much harder. Classic Reynolds."


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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 )
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect, but a very good read, 3 Jan 2006
By Dave Box (England) - See all my reviews
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.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Readable and entertaining but not his best, 20 Dec 2006
By Alan Urdaibay - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pushing Ice (Gollancz S.F.) (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.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Poor characters, but great ideas save the book, 17 Jul 2007
** 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.
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